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geocentric theory earth was the center, everything revolves around it so what? old views held by church scientific revolution 1500s posed new theories of the world and tests to discover them so what? accepted because of exploration scientific method new approach to investigation: identify, hypotheses, experiment, record, analyze so what? discovered many new things rene descartes said everything bust be doubted until its proven so what? helped establish the scientific method N. Copernicus 1500s polish, said sun was center of universe(heliocentric model) published this soon before he died so what? new idea galileo galilie 1609 built the first telescope, was an italian, discovered saturn, sun spots, jupiter's moons, and that milky way was stars so what? many important dicoveries isaac newton english, discovered that gravity works in all of universe, explained the law of universal gravitation, made calculus so what? discovered how planets work and calculus andreas vesalius 1539 began dissecting dead criminals, made many anatomy drawings for later scientists so what? laid groundwork for later anatomists robert boyle first man to define an element, changes in matter happen when particles rearrange, boyles law explains how temp., volume and pressure affect gas so what? father of modern chemistry church+science at first they opposed it but later they embraced some ideas, put galileo under house arrest so what? embraced in some ways but was opposed mainly effects of scientific revolution beginning of modern science belief on progress+power of reason new views on universe as an ordered system enlightenment-age of reason 1600, began to view reason as the best way to understand truth so what? new revolution in thought salons social gatherings of enlightenment philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists, women hosted them so what? brought enlightenment to its height thomas hobbes 1651 wrote "leviathans" about gov so what? believed in social contract social contract believed ppl should give up some freedoms in return for a gov that provides peace, safety, and order so what? new idea john locke english philosopher, believed that ppl are naturally happy, tolerant and reasonable, born equal with life liberty and property, purpose of gov is protect these. ppl had to consent to a gov though so what? inspired american gov philosophes a philosopher so what? name for them voltaire philosophe, attacked injustice in church gov and nobility so what? made enemies but fought for justice mary wollstonecraft demanded equal rights for women, wrote that if men and women had equal ed. they would be equal so what? fought for women adam smith scottish economist, 1776 wrote "the wealth of nations" believed in free trade and laissev faire economy so what? analyzed economy enlightened despots monarchs who ruled according to enlightenment ideas so what? appealed to philosophes key enlightenment ideas -ability to reason makes humans unique -reason can be used to solve problems and improve lives -reason can free ppl from bad gov, superstition and ignorance -natural world is governed by laws discovered through reason -human behavior is governed by natural laws -a gov should reflect the natural laws and encourage ed. and debate