The Idols of the theater states that there their were alot philosophers and that they need to conduct more experiments. ... For the rational school of philosophers snatches from experience a variety of common instances neither duly ascertained nor diligent examined and weighted, and leaves all the rest to meditation and agitation of wit. Philosophers thought that they could experiment off of human reasoning but could not. The philosophers weren't conducting real experiments to find what they needed, instead they were focused on deductive reasoning. ...

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Pico della Mirandolla was an Italian philosopher and scholar during the Renaissance period in Italy. ... Pico like most renaissance philosophers was a humanist who spent most of his time exploring the power of the human mind. ...

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The American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of our science.... The French philosopher Claude Lévi-Strauss once said, "The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions....

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Science can be said to be the result of ancient Greek philosophers who paved the way for exploring and understanding the natural world. ... This would give rise to many more significant ideas by many other great philosophers, all in a search to explain the laws of this natural world. ... "(Page 13) The idea that the senses could not be trusted and true knowledge could only be proven through logic is a theme that follows many philosophers for ages to come. ...

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There seems to be a realtionship between scientists and philosophers. ... Furthermore, Francis Bacon, anEnglish philosopher, was a philosoher who wrote a series of books concerning empiracal science. ...

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Kant and the Theory of Human Knowledge Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is generally recognized as the greatest philosopher since Plato and Aristotle. During this period philosophers sought to apply the methods of science to the study of human beings. ...

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Aristotle Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, and one of the greatest minds in human history. ... His works were later translated and were the basis for much of the huge advances the Arab philosophers made, and were given to the translated texts were given to the Arab people in the 9TH century. ...

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For the sake of an impending argument, the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes announced that "there is no difference between the machines built by artisans and the diverse bodies that nature alone composes."" ... (Shapin 32) Galileo knew that in order to go beyond where Aristotelian natural philosophers have reached, he needed an instrument that could provide him with the visual information and the means of verification. ...

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Galileo was one of the most significant contributors to the scientific revolution. Galileo recognized that there were many theoretical problems when it came to physical science. In fact, Galileo's interpretations were so contrary to popular theories that he was sometimes laughed at and disrespected ...

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The Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment started in the 18th century and gave people a chance to find reason and truth on their own, without the guidance from others. Religion became one the of main targets during this period, because it was a belief that you learned from others...

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The focus of thought for most philosophers during the Enlightenment focused on humanity and change: both the ability to change as well as the need for people to do so. ... The philosophers taught people that criminals must be rehabilitated and pay their debt to society. ...

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The existence of God has been questioned since the beginning of time. Religions thrived on answering the unanswerable questions of the universe and people were able to find solace in the answers. As science has expanded and been able to answer these questions with natural, as opposed to supernatural...

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The existence of God has been questioned since the beginning of time. Religions thrived on answering the unanswerable questions of the universe and people were able to find comfort in the answers. As science has expanded and been able to answer these questions with natural, as opposed to supernatura...

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The way Plato's theoretical human conditioning works is that human beings represent a natural order whereas the guardians (supreme philosophers) are at the top of the order and everyone else in the state is below them taking heed to their guidance and wisdom. ... Each philosopher has their own unique ideas of natural human conditioning, but each realize that a government is necessary despite their governments being used to serve different purposes. ...

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FRANCIS BACON "Of Studies" (1625) Francis Bacon was a philosopher and a politician who came from a noble family, and would also become nephew by marriage to William Cecil, 1st Minister of Queen Elizabeth then. ... It might be said that Bacon was a philosopher that changed his society but he was not the only one: Occam, Bacon, Locke, Hume, all these empiricists and many more people, like painters, writers, etc. help and drove this revolution brought in part by the Renaissance, made this possible. ...

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The scientific revolution changed the way we look at society and nature. The scientific revolution began in Europe which influenced the enlightenment period. Though there is no specific date of when the scientific revolution started, it is said that it began when Nicolaus Copernicus published his wo...

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Socrates was an astute Greek philosopher of his time. He was born is 470 BC and died in 399 BC. He father was a sculptor and his mother, a mid wife. After his father passed away, Socrates inherited a large sum of money and used his inheritance to further his interest in philosophy. He dedicated his ...

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Victor Frankenstein is an insane, curious man, driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. Frankenstein starts as a young, pleasurable Swiss boy who grows up in Geneva and has a passionate desire to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. He starts by reading the works of the very old and obsolete a...

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Europe was experiencing some difficult circumstances regarding disease, war and even religious anxiety in the 14th century. However, from around 1350 to 1600, Europe experienced a major transformation in social structure and values. This time period also became better known as the Renaissance. The R...

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From the perspective of the emerging Western philosophers and human scientists; that is, humans not belonging to their known European culture. ... A growing contemplation that humans might be alike as a biological species, and that it was culture that perhaps created our differences, gave way to a freedom to explore that these 'Others' may be capable of the same moral fabric and practice lives with values that contributed to a very slow growth of acceptance for some philosophers and scientist. ...

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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge Edward O. Wilson's book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is an attempt to open our minds into a new way of thinking and a new way of understanding. The literal meaning of consilience is the "jumping together of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based ...

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The scientific method is not what it seems. According to Alison Jaggar in her articleLove and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology? there is amyth of dispassionate investigation? that is ignored if not rejected. Thisdispassionate investigation? is one separating rationality and emotion, cla...

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Early in his education he read about alchemists and early natural philosophers and becomes so impressed with the power of electricity that he makes it his mission to harness it to procure man's place among the gods. ...

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Although different models of this relationship were supported by different philosophers, theologians, scientists, and others, and they are co-existing with each other, no one really has the ability to prove which model is more accurate and superior. ...

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Apparent Connections Amidst Science, Politics, and Religion Within today's society science is an entity almost entirely separate from religion and politics, yet history paints a different picture. During 17th and 18th century Europe, the spread of ideas and the inspiration to perform science ...

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