PPT-‘Science’ and the Enlightenment

To improve the knowledge of naturall things and all useful Arts Manufactures Mechanic practices Engines and Inventions by Experiment Robert Hooke 16351703 Early History of Science and the Scientific Revolution. What exciting conclusion did philosophers reach during the Enlightenment?. . Reason. could be used to solve all human problems.. Thomas Hobbes. . •English thinker, wrote views of government in . - The Scientific Revolution. Rachel Nostrant & Kenneth King. The Enlightenment- The 5W’s. What: the intellectual movement of the 17. th. and 18. th. centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of the human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, desire to construct governments free of tyranny.. Social Studies for 9. th. E.G.B.. Teacher: Mauricio Torres. Pens to Inspire Revolution. “No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason” . Enlightenment. is man's emergence from his self-imposed . mental immaturity. . This immaturity is . the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. . This immaturity is . self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and . Mark Knights. Secular or religious Enlightenment?. Historiographical debate: . Carl Becker (. The Heavenly City of Eighteenth-Century Philosophers . 1932) asserted Enlightenment was akin to medieval Christianity. Jonathan . Dewald. , . Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Peter Hamilton. , ‘The Enlightenment and the Birth of Social Science’. Chris Harman, . A People’s History of the World. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening. Late 1600s-1700s: An intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment began in Europe. Later a religious movement known as the Great Awakening started in the Colonies . Prof Mark Knights. Key questions. Why is it important for modernists to understand the Enlightenment? . What was its legacy and why is that legacy a controversial one? . Isms. : liberalism, socialism, . “The Enlightenment is a belief in the ability of the human mind and human enterprise to change the political, social, and economic framework of the world for the better”. Begins with Scientific Revolution; Questioning the world around. . Chapter 5 section 2. Define the terms below:. Censorship. Salon. Enlightened despot. Baroque. R. ococo. Enlightenment Ideas Spread . Read Setting the Scene on page 149 as well as the Global Connections section. Do now: MC on . Enlightened response. To absolutism and then. EAT IT . on back. Absolute strengths. Absolute Weaknesses. Divine right made populace obedient out of fear. Enlightened despots provided some rights to individuals to keep them happy. Enlightenment Thinkers Enlightenment Thinker . List his/her country and areas of interest underneath the name. Summarize… . 1. …each person’s philosophy/beliefs . 2. …how this philosopher influenced the creation of America and its government . During this unit, you will:. Know the key ideas Enlightenment thinkers, Revolutions in Europe and the Americas, and the concept of Nationalism in Europe.. Understand how the ideas of Locke and Hobbes created the enlightenment, and in turn how the enlightenment caused the Revolutions of the 18. Lecture 2: . Historiography 2018/19. The question of human agency and human experience? . The question of historical change and what causes change?. The question of scale. The relationship between ‘particulars’ and ‘universals’ or, to frame it otherwise, between historical ‘facts’ and their wider meaning. .