Chapter 16 (AP World History) Flashcards
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| 8585498179 | Cartesian dualism | Descartes's view that all of reality could ultimately be reduced to mind and matter. | 0 | |
| 8585500540 | Empiricism | The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation. | 1 | |
| 8585505207 | Geocentric conception | The idea that the earth is the center of the universe | 2 | |
| 8585507230 | Heliocentric theory | the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. | 3 | |
| 8585507234 | Hermeticism | a study of the ancient "occult" sciences (astrology, alchemy); A religious and philosophical tradition based on the writings of Hermes Trismegistus | 4 | |
| 8585522129 | Querelles des femmes | A new debate emerged over the role of women in society | 5 | |
| 8585522132 | Rationalism | belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge | 6 | |
| 8585523878 | Scientific method | A logical, systematic approach to the solution of a scientific problem | 7 | |
| 8585527340 | Scientific revolution | A series of major advances in science during the 1500s and 1600s | 8 | |
| 8585527342 | World machine | Newton's conception of the universe as one huge, regulated, and uniform machine that operated according to natural laws in absolute time, space, and motion | 9 |