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HST 121 MIDTERM QUESTIONS WITHCOMPLETE ANSWERS
Guttenberg aa- aaAnswer aainventor aaof aathe aaprinting aapress aaand aamovable aatype
Aristotle aain aathe aacontext aaof aathe aa17th aaC. aaScientific aaRevolution aa- aaAnswer
aaGreek aaphilosopher. aaA aapupil aaof aaPlato, aathe aatutor aaof aaAlexander aathe aaGreat,
aaand aathe aaauthor aaof aaworks aaon aalogic, aametaphysics, aaethics, aanatural aasciences,
aapolitics, aaand aapoetics, aahe aaprofoundly aainfluenced aaWestern aathought. aaIn aahis
aaphilosophical aasystem, aawhich aaled aahim aato aacriticize aawhat aahe aasaw aaas aaPlato's
aametaphysical aaexcesses, aatheory aafollows aaempirical aaobservation aaand aalogic,
aabased aaon aathe aasyllogism, aais aathe aaessential aamethod aaof aarational aainquiry.
-The aaGrandfather aaof aaScience
- aaArgued aathat aathe aanature aaof aathings aadefined aatheir aamoved; aamotion aaresults
aafrom aathe aaproperties aaof aabodies aaand aanot aafrom aaoutside aaforces.
-His aaPhysics aacomplemented aahis aacosmology
-Believed aaEarth aawas aaheavies aaand aalay aastationary aa(did aanot aamove) aaat aathe
aacenter aaof aathe aauniverse.
-Believed aaeverything aain aamotion aahad aabeen aamoved aaby aaanother aaobject, aaand
aamust aabe aalead aaback aato aathe aaoriginal aaUnmoved aaMover aa(Christian
aaPhilosophers aaclaimed aathat aathe aa"Unmoved aaMover" aawas aathe aaGod aaof
aaChristianity)
Unmoved aaMover aa- aaAnswer aaGod aaof aaChristianity. aawhatever aais aain aamotion
aahad aato aabe aamoved aaby aasomething aaelse. aaAristotle.
Ptolemy aain aathe aacontext aaof aathe aa17th aaC. aaScientific aaRevolution aa- aaAnswer
aaHis aaideas aaon aascience aainfluenced aaMuslim aaand aaEuropean aascholars aafrom
aaRoman aatimes aauntil aathe aaScientific aaRevolution. aaHe aawas aaa aaGreco-Roman
aawriter aafamous aaas aaa aamathematician, aaastronomer, aageographer, aaastrologer,
aaand aapoet. aaHe aalived aain aathe aacity aaof aaAlexandria aain aathe aaRoman aaprovince
aaof aaEgypt, aawrote aain aaGreek, aaand aaheld aaRoman aacitizenship.
- aaCodified aaAristotellian aaideas aain aahis aawork aaAlmagest.
, -Assumed aathat aamotionless aaearth aalay aaat aathe aacenter aaof aathe aauniverse, aaand
aaothe aarplanets aamoved aaaround aait aain aasmaller aaorbits aacalled aaepicycles aa(Geo-
Centric aaUniverse)
isaac aanewton aa- aaAnswer aaEnglish aamathematician aaand aascientist aawho aainvented
aadifferential aacalculus aaand aaformulated aathe aatheory aaof aauniversal aagravitation, aaa
aatheory aaabout aathe aanature aaof aalight, aaand aathree aalaws aaof aamotion. aaHis
aatreatise aaon aagravitation, aapresented aain aaPrincipia aaMathematica aa(1687), aawas
aasupposedly aainspired aaby aathe aasight aaof aaa aafalling aaapple.
Galileo aa- aaAnswer aaItalian aaastronomer aaand aamathematician aawho aawas aathe aafirst
aato aause aaa aatelescope aato aastudy aathe aastars.
-Believed aain aathe aatheories aaof aaCopernicus
Copernicus aa- aaAnswer aaDevised aaa aamodel aaof aathe aauniverse aawith aathe aaSun aaat
aathe aacenter, aaand aanot aaearth.
-Heliocentrism
-The aasun aaat aathe aacenter aaof aathe aaUniverse, aamotionless, aawith aaearth aaand
aaother aaplanets aaorbiting aaaround aait aain aacircular aapaths aamodified aaby aaepicycles
aaat aauniform aaspeeds
Descartes aa- aaAnswer aa(1596-1650) aaFrench aaphilosopher, aadiscovered aaanalytical
aageometry. aaSaw aaAlgebra aaand aaGeometry aahave aaa aadirect aarelationship.
aaReduced aaeverything aato aaspiritual aaor aaphysical.
-The aafather aaof aamodern aaphilosophy aa
-The aaFIRST aamajor aafigure aain aathe aaphilosophical aamovement aaknown aaas aaa
aarationalist aaand aaintroduced aarationalism, aaa aamethod aaof aaunderstanding aathe
aaworld aabased aaon aathe aause aaof aareason aaas aathe aameans aato aaattain aaknowledge.
-Jesuit aaTrained, aabut aafelt aahis aaeducation aawas aameaningless
-All aahe aacould aaknow aawas aathe aafact aaof aahis aaexistence
-"I aathink, aatherefore aaI aaam."
-Believed aain aaGod aaas aathe aaPerfect aaBeing
-FIRST aato aaincorporate aanature aainto aascience
-Separated aamatter aafrom aaspirit aaand aamind aafrom aanature.
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