INTELLECTUAL

REVOLUTIONS
Scientific Revolution

Industrial Revolution

Intellectual Revolution
Scientific Revolution
• drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th
centuries
• Science became an autonomous discipline, distinct from both philosophy and
technology
• Transformation happened: the reeducation of common sense in favor of
abstract reasoning; the substitution of a quantitative for a qualitative view of
nature; the view of nature as a machine rather than as an organism; the
development of an experimental, scientific method that sought definite answers
to certain limited questions couched in the framework of specific theories; and
the acceptance of new criteria for explanation, stressing the “how” rather than
the “why” that had characterized the Aristotelian search for final causes.
• information had to be spread widely and rapidly
• Scientific societies created
Industrial Revolution
• the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one
dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These technological
changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally
transformed society.
• First Industrial Revolution ( 1760 – 1840) – textile manufacturing and the
innovation of the steam engine
• Second Industrial revolution (1870 – 1914) – steel production; the automobile
and advances in electricity
• Third Industrial Revolution (1950-1970) – Brought semiconductors; mainframe
computing, personal computing and the internet – Digital Revolution
• Fourth Industrial Revolution (present time) – Artificial intelligence (AI),
robotics, genetic engineering, quantum computing and other technologies in
the present time
What is an Intellectual Revolution?

• It is the period where paradigm shifts occurred. It

is where the scientific beliefs that have been
widely embraced and accepted by the people were
challenged and opposed.

https://prezi.com/2ak2vqch_apz/intellectual-revolutions/
INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS
References
• https://www.britannica.com
• https://prezi.com/2ak2vqch_apz/intellectual-revolutions
Activity 3 INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS
1. Class will be divided into four (4) groups.
2. Members of each group will be assigned to different Intellectual Revolutions.
This should be arranged and agreed upon in the group.
3. Articles will be provided for the Copernican Revolutions and Darwinian
Revolutions, and videos for the Freudian Revolution and Turing’s
Revolutions.
4. Discuss all the Intellectual Revolutions with your groupmates and complete
the template by answering the guide questions.
5. Each group will be assigned to one of the revolutions and will discuss their
output in the class.
 Activity 3: INTELLECTUAL REVOLUTIONS
Guide Questions Copernican Revolution Darwinian Revolution Freudian Revolution Turing’s Revolution

What is the name of the Proposed

Theory?

What is/are the main Concept/s of the

Theory?

(In bullet form, max of 3)

What were the prevailing beliefs before

the theory became widely recognized?

(In bullet form, max of 3)

Why does the theory become

controversial?

How does the theory transform the

society?

(In bullet form, max of 3)