HST 325 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Classical Planet, Deferent And Epicycle, Indus River
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Natural philosophy - term applied to the study of nature and the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science. It is considered to be the precursor of natural sciences such as physics. Legitimate area of rational inquiry specifically devoted to the study of natural causation in the natural world the attempt to understand and explain the workings of the natural world. At least six different centers around the world: mesopotamia (after 3500 bc); egypt (after 3400 bc); indus river valley (after 2500 bc); yellow river in china (after 1800 bc); Mesoamerica (500 bc); south america (after 300 bc) Aristotle (384 322) influenced future generations dominate scientific traditions from late antiquity, middle ages and renaissance. Wrote extensively on all fields and effectively synthesized his findings: logic, rhetoric, physics, anatomy, cosmology, ethics, psychology, etc theoretical research with little practical value even though he discussed subjects like anatomy and biology relationship between science and technology:
