PSYC 403 Lecture 8: 11. Scientific Revolution (Oct 19,24, 26)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 403
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Scientific revolution: 17th and 18th century: p(cid:396)opelled (cid:271)(cid:455) the (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge of )eitgeist (cid:894)epo(cid:272)h"s (cid:373)e(cid:374)talit(cid:455)(cid:895, from medieval spiritualism renaissance wealth. Some revolutions: newtonian view of how the world works like a clock, 1543 copernicus book published. Rationalism: latin: ratio = a reason for a conclusion, the why , practical experience serves as a final point of the conclusion that is based on. Deductive thinking: major concepts are assumed prior to an observation (a priori), syllogism: a pattern of reasoning: major pre(cid:373)ise (cid:373)i(cid:374)or pre(cid:373)ise a (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374, r. descartes, b. spinoza, g. leibniz, i. kant, j. herbart, pythagorean-platonian tradition. Example of deductive thinking: all birds have two legs, aga is a bird, then you can conclude (w/o seeing aga) that aga must also have two legs. Des(cid:272)artes(cid:859) philosophies: epistemology = rationalist, ontology = dualist. Mechanics of the universe: cartesian-newtonian vision of the universe: a perfect machine, once put in motion by.