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| 39517531 | deductive reasoning | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) | 0 | |
| 39517532 | inductive reasoning | reasoning from detailed facts to general principles | 1 | |
| 39517533 | empiricism | Bacon's theory of inductive reasoning, knowledge derives from experience | 2 | |
| 39517534 | cognito ergo sum | Statement meaning "I think; therefore, I am." It was said by Renee Descartes after using deductive reasoning to prove his existence. | 3 | |
| 39517535 | novum organum | Bacon coined this term, meaning "The New Organon" or system of investigation | 4 | |
| 39517536 | heliocentric theory | Theory developed by Copernicus. The theory went against the church teachings, showing the sun was the center of the universe (not Earth), and planets revolve around the sun. | 5 | |
| 39517537 | cartesian dualism | The teaching of René Descartes that the mind or spirit constitutes one reality while the body is something completely different, separate and apart from mind. | 6 | |
| 39517538 | hugo grotius | 1583-1645; believed rational laws govern relationship between states; first to formulate international law- freedom of the seas, established rules for treatment of civilians during war | 7 | |
| 39517539 | leviathan | Written by English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, maintained that sovereignty is ultimately derived from the people, who transfer it to the monarchy by implicit contract. | 8 | |
| 39517540 | wealth of nations | British philosopher and writer Adam Smith's 1776 book that described his theory on free trade, otherwise known as laissez-faire economics. | 9 | |
| 39517541 | the spirit of laws | (1748) Montesquieu, about separation of powers. | 10 | |
| 39517542 | social contract | the idea that an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will | 11 | |
| 39517543 | 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 | |
| 39517544 | laissez-faire | a policy based on the idea that government should play as small a role as possible in the ecomony | 13 | |
| 39517545 | taille | the direct tax on French peasantry. Landowners increased this tax and it was met with a lot of oppsosition. | 14 | |
| 39517546 | maria theresa | This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria, strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs | 15 | |
| 39517547 | 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 | |
| 39517548 | leopold ii | A King from Belgium who secretly believed in conquest and profit and hired Henry Stanley to explore the Congo river and arrange trade treaties with African leaders. | 17 | |
| 39517549 | tory | Political party in Britain controlled by aristocracy. | 18 | |
| 39517550 | whig | British party more responsive to commercial and manufacturing interests. | 19 |
