Science in the latin west during the medieval age

Science in the latin west during the medieval age

Science in the latin west during the medieval age

• Barbarian invasion- migration of citizens of roman empire to its neigboring tribes.
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• Latin west- western europe united by the language and european culture.
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• Migration or barbarian invasion
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• De urbanization- negative effect of the fall of roman empire
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• Study of native was pursued more for practical reason than an abstract inquiry.

Educational reform (Charles the great)

• 7 liberal arts

-trivium (literary education) ( rhetoric, grammar, dialectic)

-quadrivium (scientific education) (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy)

• Birth of medieval universities
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• Rediscovery of the works of Aristotle
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• Latin translation of the main works of Aristotle
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• Latin translation of the main works of ancient philosophers and thinkers
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• Grosseteeste (Oxford Franciscan school)
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• Aristotle's dual path of reasoning (resolution and composition) from particular observation to universal law vv.)

Scientist

• Bacon observation, hypothesis, experimentation and verification
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• William of occam (principle of parsimony)
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• Jean Buridan (brilliant art master of ma) "theory of impetus"
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• Thomas Bradwardine- distinguished dynamics to kinematics, instantaneous velocity, mean speed theorem
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• Nicole Oresme- polished the heliocentric theory; optics
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• Black death (mid 14th century)
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• Catholic church disintegration (papacy)