MODULE I

GENERAL CONCEPTSD AND STS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Lesson 2

INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS THAT DEFINED SOCIETY

Name: JOHN LISTER AMANTE ROBISO BSME 2A

I. Assessment

1.Why do you think were most intellectual ideas controversial? (10 pts)

Most humans seek to make order out of chaos. They form a view of how the world is, and feel
threatened when something disrupts their worldview. Not only are they threatened by the novelty, but
often their own judgement and actions have been formulated on their view of what they thought as
good or bad. So they respond negatively to the imposition that they could be wrong.

2. did the people accept these new discoveries despite being contradictory to what was widely
accepted at that time? (10pts)

The people accept these new discoveries because the ideas is have a study a long time and have a facts
that can make believe to the people and have a evidence at all, and even it is contradictory some people
accept this because of that.

3. How do intellectual revolutions transform societies? (10 pts)

Intellectual revolutions transform societies it is because of science that the people experiment and try
to think and create a technology that can help to the society and because of intellectual revolution the
people change their perceptions in their life, the people is more knowledgeable and try new things to
discover other things that can help our society.

4. Name other scientific revolutions that happened in the following places?

a.Meso-America (10 pts)

The scientific revolution that happened in Mesoamerica were their belief in the cycles of planets and
celestial beings like the sun, and the moon; they also built observatories which helped in their
agricultural and architectural calculations. And also in Meso america (Central America) only certain
sciences were developed, those being astronomy and mathematics (Maya).

b.Asia (10 pts)

The scientific revolution that happened in Asia is the country of Japan produces the best electronics and
automobile products. And China and India also have major contributors to science and technology. In
Asia India started to develop its sciences (math, with its positional numeric system adopted by Arabs
and latter on Europeans) only after the contact with Greeks (Alexander the Great’s conquests). Of
course, Middle East was also the origin of astronomy and math with the
Mesopotamian(Sumerian/Chaldeean/Babylonian) civilization.

c. Middle East (10 pts)

The scientific revolution that happened in Middle East is that the field of chemistry had scientific
revolution like Avogadro’s number. And also medical treatment such herbal treatment came from
middle East.

d.Africa (10 pts)

The scientific revolution that happened in Africa is that Steam engines were a scientific revolution from
Africa. And also copper, iron tools, and weapons were a scientific revolution from Africa. In Africa only
Egypt developed math/geometry for astronomy and land measurements. Latter on Alexandria was the
most developed in sciences, with its famous Library.

V. Enrichment Activity

Questions for Reflections

1. How did society shape science and how did science shape society?

Almost everything that we do is affected by what is acceptable in society. We follow the norms
that the society depicts and it determines the way we think and see the world. A good example
of this is religion. In the early centuries, religion as played a big role in several nations. It has
become their standard of hierarchy and source of beliefs. This has prevented the curious minds
of several scientists. It has stopped them from pursuing such creative and extraordinary
discoveries because they were being judged or provoked by society itself. However, this was not
the end point. As they say, we humans are very persevering creatures. We stop at nothing just
to get what we want and satisfy our selves and that is exactly what the great minds that we now
know did. They may have set low profiles but in the latter was able to share their thoughts to
the world and have served great purpose in the society we now know. They have managed to
keep religion and science live harmoniously. Today, science have played a huge part in our
society. It helps us do our daily tasks with ease, it provides knowledge that we use on a day-to-
day basis, it keeps us connected with each other, and so much more. We can definitely say that
science is our society

2. Considering the current state of our society, how does science literacy among people
contributed to the growth of our economy?

Yes, science literacy among people has contributed to the growth of our economy Progress in
information emerges from logical development. A society with science literate individuals is a society
that thrives and continue to develop. Science literacy has contributed to the growth of a society
throughout history. This could be clearly seen as even when we named certain time periods in history,
we would soften define it by the scientific breakthroughs and innovation that happened alongside with
it (industrial age, scientific revolution).