Questions

Unit Review Questions
1. Contrast the old Aristotelian-medieval world-view with that of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. What were the contributions of Copernicus, Brahe Kepler, Galileo, and Newton? What is meant by Newton's "systhesis"?

2. How did the new scientific theory and discoveries alter the concept of God and religion? Did science, in fact, caome to dictate humanity's concept of God?

3. What were the scientific and religious implications of Copernicus's theory?

4. Discuss the origins and the momentum of scientific revolution in terms of (a) its own "internal logic" and (b) external and nonscientific causes.

5. How did Bacon and Decartes contribute to the development of the modern scientific method?

6. Did the Catholic and Protestant churches retard or foster scientific investigation? Explain.

7. What were the consequenses of the rise of modern science?

8. What were the central concepts of the enlightenment?