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    Scientific Revolution Aristotle and Claudius Ptolemy 16th century science was based on their conclusions Geocentric model: Earth is motion less other planets revolve around it Epicycles- Plotlemy’s idea circles within circles Crystalline spheres: heavens are made of a weightless substance allowing them to move Medieval thinkiners used Aristotle and Ptolemy ideology into a Christian framework Thomas Aquinas uses Unmoved Mover concept to confirm G-d’s existence Medieval thinkers believed their hypothesis

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    Before the 16th century‚ Europe had a radically different approach and view of science. At that time‚ this system of explaining the universe and superstition were seen as equal counterparts. There was a belief almost‚ that the ways of life could not be explained logically‚ but only by superstition and the mysterious actions of God. That assumption was created in part by the Catholic church and since‚ the church influenced a large portion of the common people’s time and lives‚ science remained as

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    Notes on chapter 2 pg.14-25 Socrates: The First Moralist Socrates (c.470-399 B.C) he was 70 years old when he died‚ his father was Sophroniscus‚ a sculptor‚ his mother Phaenarete‚ was a midwife. Socrates was likely a stonemason and a sculptor before turning to philosophy. He was a soldier during the Peloponnesian War. He has walked barefoot across ice‚ meditated standing up for thirty-six hours. He had the ability to ignore physical discomfort in order to achieve some greater mental or spiritual

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    Linear Programming D.V. – Decision Variables O.F. – Objective Funtion S.T. or CONST - Constraints Constrained Mathematical Model – a model with an objective and one or more constraints EXAMPLE: 50D + 30C + 6M is the total profit for a production run($50 profit for Desk‚ $30 profit for Chair and $6 per pound for steel) Functional Constraints - ≤ ≥ or = --Restrictions that involve expressions with 1 or more variables EXAMPLE: 7d+3c+1.5M <= 2000 (constraint on raw steel) Variable Constraints

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    Spinoza follows in his list of definitions of affects to a great extent the one of passions given by Descartes in his “Passions de l’Ame” (apart from divergent evaluations of some of the passions1‚ like Spinoza´s refusal to include admiratio among them). It also appears that both of them are building a taxonomy of passions that introduces some kind of hierarchical order among these. We find both in Descartes as well as in Spinoza a set of passions2 out or by means of which further‚ in some sense more complex

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    * Socrates: Philosopher who believed in an absolute right or wrong; asked students pointed questions to make them use their reason‚ later became Socratic Method. Charged with introducing strange gods and corrupting the young‚ he committed suicide. * Rhetoric: Saying things in a convincing matter * Skepticism: The idea that nothing can ever be known for certain. * Sophists: A wise and informed person‚ critical of traditional mythology‚ rejected "fruitless" philosophical speculations

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    WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY Asking questions - Common hobbies of a philosopher -e.g.‚ “Who am I?”‚ “Why are we here?” * Philosophy pursues the Faculty of Wonder. * opens someone’s mind * leads us to more important questions * Philosophy – code of questions * Love of wisdom * Moth in life * Analyzing the different facts of life * Self examination * Study of nature * Three concepts of Philosophy – acc. To Bonifacio 1. Intellectual

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    knowledge in the way that we think about them rationally that there is a god. The first two supporters that used the ontological argument were St. Anselm an eleventh century philosopher theologian and archbishop of Canterbury and French philosopher Rene

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    Diala Tadros MRS. Doyle 10/5/16 UNIT #1 Test Q1 A. The time period that I would reside in western culture is the 17th century because the population during the 17th century grew in very high numbers. England became really rich in the 17th century. The trade and commerce kept growing‚ by the ends of that century trade was one of the important part of English cash managements‚ like the glass‚ brick making‚ iron. There was an important movement in London in the 17th century the piped water was created

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    Renee Descartes was a famous French philosopher‚ scientists and mathematician in the 17th century and became known as the “Father of Philosophy.” At the time‚ the church had ultimate authority in Europe. Descartes wanted to establish a different philosophy based on experiments and testing ideas‚ rather than theological beliefs. One of Descartes most famous books is called “Meditations of the First Philosophy”. The first chapter of this book is entitled “First Meditation: What Can Be Called into

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