Kennedy St. Pierre HIS 276 8 December, 2023 Throughout the second half of this semester, we learned about many different discoveries that were made during the scientific revolution including: Descartes who believed that the more he learns the less he knew and doubted everything. Bacon who relied on senses and used inductive reasoning. The heliocentric system and the Copernican system. Galileo’s telescope which helped discover the ‘heavens’ are not perfect as not everything circled Earth and the moon had valleys, craters, and mountains so it wasn’t smooth. Galileo used empirical reasoning. We learned about Africa’s science which had to do with pottery, crafts, experimentation and innovation. We learned about the…

Kennedy St. Pierre HIS 276 20 October, 2023 Throughout the first semester of this course, we learned about many topics including Aristotle and his theories about natural and violent motions. We learned about his theories of the four elements (fire, earth, water, and air) and their heaviness or lightness in relation to each other and the “center of the universe”. We learned about Astronomy vs. Astrology and how astronomy is the study of the stars whereas astrology is the study of the horoscopes. We learned about the theory that we are in a cave, and we can’t trust our senses, they are merely a shadow of what reality really is.…