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Evolution of the Atomic Theory

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Evolution of the Atomic Theory Democritus and Leucippus 442 BC Stated that: Between atoms lies empty space Atoms are indestructible Atoms have always been and always will be in motion Atoms differ in shape and size ?The more any indivisible exceeds, the heavier it is.? Aristotle 355 BC Came up with the idea that everything was made up of earth, air, fire, and/or water. Antoine Lavoisier 1785 Discovered the Law of Conservation of Mass J. L. Proust 1794 Discovered the law of definite proportions Thomas Young 1801 - 1817 Proved Isaac Newton?s theory, that light is a wave of particles, incorrect and discovered how there was a variation in rays of light due to the size of wavelengths John Dalton 1803 Came up with his own atomic theory that said:

Berkeley, Epicurus, and Plato

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Plato -RATIONALIST -world of the Forms, unchanging universal ideas of nessnesses, difficult to know them -physical objects are imperfect, finite instances of the Form of a chair -it is difficult to access the Forms -the Form of x includes this or that good -to this or that good, we need the Form of good -true knowledge is access to the forms -the Forms are the eternal and unchanging reality beneath the constant flux of life -physical world exists but is a shadow of what is real, the Forms exist in an intelligible realm -Error comes from thinking that we have access to truth -physical objects share in and resemble reality but are not identical with it, Forms are more real than tangible objects
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