Download The Reformation and Counter Reformation

Popular Culture in Europe in the 1500’s
• The World was a spiritual
world, evil spirits.
• The village priest was often
illiterate, but a source of
comfort.
• Witches were suspected and
considered bad luck.
• Recreation was limited.
• Printing almanacs, broadsides
spread knowledge.
Daily Life Changed in Europe
• The standard of living
changed in Europe, more
people and fewer resources
led to inflation.
• The diet because of the
discovery of the New World
changed.
• Housing was harsh as more
people moved to the cities
• Traditional culture declined
The Scientific Revolution Swept Europe
• Experimentation through
observation started the
Scientific Revolution.
• Verifying results is known
as the scientific method.
• Astronomy, Physics and
Anatomy - Copernicus
disproved the geocentric
theory. Proposed the
heliocentric theory, sun
centered.
Physics, Astronomy and Anatomy cont.
• Kepler and Galileo proved
Copernicus’ theory of a
heliocentric solar system.
• Vesalius and William
Harvey - experimentation
and observation to improve
medicine.
• Descartes, Bacon, Pascal
were great thinkers of the
time. Isaac Newton Principals of Mathematics .
Other Great Inventors and Scientists
Descartes argued that
everything had to be proven.
Sir Isaac Newton and Leibniz
developed calculus.
Anton Leeuwenhoek discovered
the existence of bacteria.
Robert Hooke - the theory
of cells. Lavoisier and
Boyle -Oxygen.
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Induction vs. Deduction
• COMPLEX TO SIMPLE
• SIMPLE TO COMPLEX
• Collect objective facts
• Begin with general idea
• Draw a series of general
conclusions or hypotheses
• Find specific data to
support hypothesis
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