39730599 | Deductive Reasoning | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | 0 | |
39730600 | Inductive Reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | 1 | |
39730601 | Empiricism | medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings | 2 | |
39730602 | Cognito Ergo Sum | "I think, therefore I am" | 3 | |
39730603 | Novum Organum | Bacon coined this term, meaning "The New Organon" or system of investigation | 4 | |
39730604 | Heliocentric | having the sun as the center | 5 | |
39730605 | Cartesian Dualism | Separation of mind and matter, allowed something to be investigated independently by reason | 6 | |
39730606 | Hugo Grotius | a Dutch journalist who called for an international code based on natural law. Believed that one body of rules could reduce the dealing of governments to a system of reason and order | 7 | |
39730607 | Leviathan | monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament | 8 | |
39730608 | Wealth of Nations | This is the 18th century book written by Scottish economist Adam Smith in which he spells out the first modern account of free market economies. | 9 | |
39730609 | The Spirit of Laws | Montesquieu, about separation of powers. | 10 | |
39730610 | Social Contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society | 11 | |
39730611 | Condorcet | Wrote The Progress of the Human Mind. He identified humans will go through 10 stages of progress. They were about to enter the tenth where humans will be perfect in understanding. | 12 | |
39730612 | Laissez-faire | policy based on the idea that government should play as a role | 13 | |
39730613 | Taille | tax on property and land, provided permanent income for French royal government | 14 | |
39730614 | Maria Theresa | empress of austria | 15 | |
39730615 | Joseph II | This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely, granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews, and abolished serfdom | 16 | |
39730616 | Leopold II | Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain. | 17 | |
39730617 | Tory | an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution | 18 | |
39730618 | Whig | a member of the Whig Party in the United States in pre-Civil-War times | 19 |
Scientific View of the World/Enlightenment Flashcards
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