Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Xenophanes – Lecture 3 (History of Philosophy)

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• Denis A

  112d ago

  20:44, Augustine experimented on Peacock meat AD 420, John Philoponus 490-570 AD approximated Newtons 1st law with experiments similar to Galileo (falling bodies test) this was to contest Aristotle, Bede 673-735 experimented on salt and fresh water densities (skeptical of Pliny the youngers hydrology). Roger Bacon 1219-1292, emphasized observation and verification through experimentation . Medieval Universities and a belief in universal human folly (original sin) helped shaped the standard of experimentation and verification rather than trusting leadership in non-dogmatic matters. Popularized in Renaissance but developed far earlier.

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