Search results for "Scientific Revolution" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • A scientific revolution occurs, according to Kuhn, when scientists ... in Kuhn's terminology, a scientific revolution or a paradigm shift ...
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  • of science and what is taken to be the scientific method. As such, the position ... investigation that is not reducible to scientific method (Abbagnano, "Positivism ...
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  • progress but a radical change (see Scientific Revolution) of incommensurable ... *Scientific revolution *Thomas Kuhn *Wittgenstein ==Notes== ...
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  • that contributed to the Industrial Revolution. which explains the continuity of scientific history. The Museum also ...
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  • religious beliefs were compatible with scientific truth. In 1880, Fiske began ... child, and his studies of current scientific theories led him to doubt ...
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  • Condorcet took a leading role when the French Revolution swept France ... shows the intimate connection between scientific progress and the development ...
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  • fiction writer, and revolutionary whose scientific interests ranged from the ... Social Democratic Labor Party. After the revolution, he and Lenin quarreled ...
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  • as opposed to a single "Scientific Revolution" in the late ... produced only in the aftermath of a scientific revolution. They are the bases ...
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  • 039;s work evidenced this combination of scientific and religious inquiry. ... Stukeley's legacy includes both the scientific and the religious ...
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  • "positive" stage, dominated by scientific thought. He was the first ... through a somewhat mystical form of scientific sociology has not come ...
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  • It inspired research in a wide range of scientific fields, from chemistry ... invention caused a small sensation in scientific circles. ...
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  • suppply. In the midst of the French revolution, he retired from the Corps ... == Scientific accomplishments == Coulomb is distinguished in the history ...
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  • of the modern period. With the rise of the Scientific Revolution, some philosophers thought that by imitating the methodical nature of the natural sciences ...
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  • in International Politics, introducing scientific methodology to the field ... Politics, a seminal work in the scientific study of international ...
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  • apparent changes in the periods of the revolution of Jupiter's moon ... regular variations in the times of their revolution, which should have been ...
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  • economics became established as a scientific discipline. Marshall attempted ... economics and transform it into a more scientific profession. In the 1870s ...
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  • and curiosity which are the key to scientific discovery and technological ... plants, insects, minerals, stones, and scientific and technological innovations ...
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  • who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. Hooked coined the term "cell ...
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  • that class struggles could lead to revolution, he disagreed with Karl ... the United States was founded through revolution and struggle for independence ...
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  • Anaxagoras brought Ionian philosophy to Athens and gave scientific ... Anaxagoras brought philosophy and the spirit of scientific inquiry ...
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  • Benedictine monk, but joined the French Revolution instead. ... the order. The rumblings of the French Revolution caused him to give this ...
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  • was largely a product of the Industrial Revolution. In many cultures, the ... of tradition, and also demonstrated that scientific and technological progress ...
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  • once procured for Poisson an entry into scientific circles. ... of the first republic. Throughout the Revolution, the Empire, and the following ...
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  • Copernicus' concept marked a scientific revolution. It has been equated ... considered the start of "the scientific revolution."David Banach ...
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  • contributed to the coming of the scientific revolution. ... contributed to the coming of the scientific revolution. Moreover, even as ...
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  • In society, this means that only violent revolution can bring about the shift ... After the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, the proper interpretation ...
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  • (1776). He also supported the French Revolution, and was criticized by ... which he later used as the basis for a scientific system for life insurance ...
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  • and e-commerce, bringing about a revolution in our ability to access ... * The enabling of new types of scientific research, such as computational ...
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  • eventually left him isolated within the scientific community. He also discovered ... Medal and brought much attention to his scientific work. ...
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  • or quasi-logical method in science and scientific discovery to what came ... would actually have prevented scientific revolution. ===Consistency ...
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  • to bring classical economics closer to scientific principles. ... Senior attempted to make economics more scientific and more practical. He ...
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  • archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of ... In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all scientific papers ...
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  • Society, where he heard lectures on scientific subjects, of which chemistry ... Michael Faraday, Giant of the Scientific Revolution. New York: Random ...
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  • ===Before the Scientific Revolution=== From the classical period through the scientific revolution, astrological ...
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  • Great Leap Forward. During the Cultural Revolution Mao branded him as a “revisionist” ... possessing the great gifts and profound scientific knowledge of the founders ...
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  • who contributed toward the Keynesian revolution. She was also among the ... as (1) an attempt to produce objective scientific knowledge of a business ...
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  • The production of new tools surged during the Industrial Revolution ... * Industrial Revolution * Lever * Machine * Mechanical work ...
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  • is sometimes called "the father of scientific management." He was ... (1987), 250. coined the term scientific management in the course ...
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  • The term parapsychology refers to the scientific study of certain ... The term parapsychology refers to the scientific study of certain ...
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  • of upheavals of 1848. It was a time of revolution. Individual nations oppressed ... problems brought on by the Industrial Revolution, and increasing hunger ...
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  • , scientific transliteration Nadežda Konstantinovna Krupskaja) ( ... from the early days. After the October Revolution, she was appointed deputy ...
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  • much of the impetus for the Industrial Revolution. His invention brought ... and also able to perform systematic scientific measurements that could ...
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  • armed revolt to bring about a Communist revolution in Germany, but the revolt ... Germany and took part in an unsuccessful revolution in Berlin in January 1919 ...
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  • himself as a leading figure in the scientific revolution. Although his research ... by the same Author. He regarded the scientific study of nature as a religious ...
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  • individualism, democracy, humanism, and scientific methods. Many of those ... *Oct 1910 to Sep 1915: Planned the 1911 Revolution. *Sep 1915 to Apr ...
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  • with the conflict between religion and scientific positivism. In 1872 he ... and the Finances of the American Revolution (1891). He became an ardent ...
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  • War (1648) and ended with the French Revolution (1789). ... what historians call the "scientific revolution." This scientific ...
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  • Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian ... the institution. He envisioned it as a scientific research institute, carrying ...
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  • In his scientific work he defended Slavs, who were downtrodden and ... his poetry, Šafárik did through his scientific work; both aimed at the ...
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  • around the world for both everyday and scientific purposes. ... (such as microsecond) are used in scientific work, but the traditional ...
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