Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Argued that people are naturally wicked & can't be trusted to govern. Also believed that an absolute monarch is best.

Was the first to argue that theology is outside the parameters of scientific inquiry.

During the Enlightenment, philosophes believed that

Distrusted democracy, criticized the Catholic Church, & thought that only an enlightened monarch could bring change.

Found flaws in Kepler's Rudolphine Tables & set out to correct & simplify Kepler's calculations by removing logarithms.

Heliocentric theory; feared persecution, didn't publish findings until 1543-the year he died.

Rejected that all matter was made up of some combination of the four elements.

Was one of the first during the 18th century to actively call for the rights of women.

Was known for illustrations of insects and plants and contributed to the advance of entomology in the 17th & 18th c.

Believed in individual freedom of religion and argued that people have the gift of reason, or the ability to think.

Advanced an atomic theory of matter, conducted important experiments with gases, and invented an air pump?

Believed that people are born good & independent & that govts should exist on the basis of a social contract.

The Heliocentric Theory stated that...

Known for his theories on motion and discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter through the use of his telescope.

This person argued not for atheism, but rather a secular morality that is tolerant of many different religions.

Most remembered for her advances in number theory, particularly for finding a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem.

Mathematician and physicist; father of modern mechanics; universal law of gravitation.

The writings of the Enlightenment philosophes in Europe encouraged later political revolutions

Stated that individuals have free will and can make choices on that free will.

Popularized the scientific method and argued that truth could not be known at the beginning of a question.