Religion and Science (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Scientific method definition
Scientific method definition
Mathematical reasoning + observation + experimentation
Method that replaced Aristotle's deductive approach
Method that replaced Aristotle's deductive approach
Inductive method
3 key elements of modern scientific approach
3 key elements of modern scientific approach
Observation, measurement, experimentation
Galileo's major work on motion laws
Galileo's major work on motion laws
Discourses Concerning Two Chief World Systems
RCC's initial response to early science
RCC's initial response to early science
Hostile opposition
What RCC did to Galileo
What RCC did to Galileo
Silenced him & banned his publications
How long RCC suppressed science in Catholic territories
How long RCC suppressed science in Catholic territories
Over 200 years
Main issue behind Church's opposition to science
Main issue behind Church's opposition to science
Who had authority to determine truth
Protestant response to scientific investigation
Protestant response to scientific investigation
More welcoming & open
Protestant motivation for studying nature
Protestant motivation for studying nature
Understand God's creation & 'think God's thoughts'
Royal Society founding member composition
Royal Society founding member composition
7 out of 10 were Puritans
How Reformation favoured scientific development
How Reformation favoured scientific development
Reduced church authority, encouraged individual reasoning, allowed open discussion
Geographic pattern of science after Galileo affair
Geographic pattern of science after Galileo affair
More discoveries in Protestant vs Catholic countries
Gregor Mendel's contribution (mid-late 1800s)
Gregor Mendel's contribution (mid-late 1800s)
Genetics work contributing to evolutionary theory
What Galileo case symbolised
What Galileo case symbolised
Religious opposition to scientific progress