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Tapia, LPT
1. Articulate ways by which
society is transformed by science
and technology.
2. Creatively perform events in
scientific revolution
A noncumulative episode in the
history of science in which a new
paradigm replaces the
incompatible old paradigm; this
process is called paradigm shift
(Kuhn, 1962).
“explosions of new knowledge”
that creates subsequent chaos
A paradigm is a comprehensive
model of understanding that
provides a field's members with
viewpoints and rules on how to
look at the field's problems and
how to solve them.
http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/KuhnCycle.htm
Pre-Darwin:
- Intelligent design:
“The complex and precise
design of organisms and their
parts could be accounted for
only as the deed of an
Intelligent and Omnipotent
Designer’’ - William Paley in
Natural Theology (1802)
- The design is inconvertible
evidence of the existence of
the Creator
Life of Darwin:
- Born on 1809 in
Shrewsburry, England
- Erasmus Darwin is a scientist
and Robert Waring Darwin is
a medical doctor
- Family Motto: E conchis
omnia (everything from
shells)
- Fear of blood
Life of Darwin:
- Born on 1809 in
Shrewsburry, England
- Erasmus Darwin is a scientist
and Robert Waring Darwin is
a medical doctor
- Family Motto: E conchis
omnia (everything from
shells)
- Fear of blood
- Mentor: John Steven
Henslow
HMS Beagle Voyage:
- 5-year survey trip with
Captain Robert FitzRoy
- Started its journey on
December 27, 1831
Life:
Born: May 6, 1856; Died:
September 23, 1939
His family is Jewish
Collaborated in treating hysteria
by the recall of painful
experiences under hypnosis
In his book, ‘The Interpretation of
Dreams’, he analysed dreams in
terms of unconscious desires and
experiences.
He is diagnosed with jaw cancer
and underwent 30 operations
Before Freud:
- Behaviorism- theory that
human nature can be fully
understood by the laws
inherent in the natural
environment.
- Classical Conditioning of
Ivan Pavlov, Operant
conditioning of Thorndike),
and B.F. Skinner’s positive
and negative reinforcement
Father of psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis- set of
theories and therapeutic
techniques related to the
study of the unconscious
mind, which together form
a method of treatment for
mental disorders.
Components of personality,
defense mechanisms,
psychosexual development
The Loss of
The Loss of The Loss of
Rational
Centrality Transparency
Design
Scientific Revolution involves paradigm shift.
The beginning of science in the modern
sense of the world is the pursuit of
explanation of natural phenomena through
natural laws.
These intellectual revolutions become the
foundation of other scientific studies.