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Age Of Enlightenment

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

A TIME NEW CONCEPTS AND DISCOVERIES

AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

  • Occurred during the age of exploration
  • People of Europe and Asia started to explore new concepts and discoveries
  • Science grew to tremendous lengths
  • People started to sway away from church beliefs and started to look to evidence
  • A scientific revolution was on our hands
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ASTRONOMY

  • Galeio was an important figure
  • Nicolas Copernicus and his sun centered universe
  • Johannesburg Kepler
  • Isaac Newton and his theory of gravity
  • Numerous other figures
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THE MICROSCOPE AND TELESCOPE ARE REINVENTED

  • Peoples views on science are changing
  • The scientific method is developed and people follow it
  • Observe, hypothesize, predict, test and modify
  • How do you,use it today?
  • Examples
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IDEAS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

  • People are starting to sheer away from what the church has in store for them and thinking on their own
  • Unnatural law...what is it
  • Thomas Hobbes and John Locke...importan thinkers
  • What is a social contract?
  • Government should not have all the power
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