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History of the Modern World, 10th Edition (Palmer)Chapter 6:
The Scientific View of the WorldLearning ObjectivesChapter 6 teaches students about:
The rise of modern science and a scientific view of the world and human affairs. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The precedents for the scientific breakthroughs of the seventeenth century. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Bacon and Descartes, and how they heralded both a scientific view of the world and a scientific method for establishing and testing knowledge. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Advances made in the sciences in the seventeenth century. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The tremendous gains in astronomy and physics, which reshaped conceptions of God and the world and promised concrete breakthroughs with economic benefits. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | How European expansion encouraged reciprocal influences and the questioning of previous thinking on religion, language, and human origins. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The current of skepticism, and its impact on the historical sciences, law, and religious scholarship. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The philosophy of natural law and natural right, which facilitated the promotion of ideas of universalism and progress. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The ideas of Hobbes, the leading proponent of secular absolutism and one of the great theorists of state sovereignty. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The ideas of Locke, whose justification of constitutionalism was especially influential in the British colonies. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | The Seven Years' War, which involved France and Britain competing for colonies, trade, and sea power. |
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![A History of the Modern World Book Cover](/sites/dl/free/3333366666/cover/0073257206.jpg) |
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