Overview
Description
A cultural history of science in the Renaissance. Situates the growth of natural knowledge in social, religious, economic, and trans-cultural experience.
Units
Lecture3
Learning Outcomes
- relate science and technology during the Renaissance to social, commercial, religious, and economic problems and be able to distinguish sound scientific argumentation and the use of observational evidence as opposed to unsound scientific reasoning by means of engaging with the scientific debates of the period.
- explain how scientific and technological discoveries and innovations affected social institutions, professional roles, and education, and how scientific and technological knowledge was produced and consumed as part of social processes within various communities.
- analyze and synthesize primary, secondary, and cultural sources.
- find and use historical scholarship and sources to answer a research question.
- present ideas pertaining to scientific discovery and technological innovation during the Renaissance as they relate to the societal concerns of the period in a clear and persuasive manner both orally and in writing.
- use relevant scholarship and historical evidence to analyze and synthesize the relationship between science, technology, art, religion, society, and commerce in the Renaissance period.