Finding Truth Using Science
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Connecting the similar ideas that were present during the Enlightenment era to the modern era, we can see that we value the truth that is shown in Science. This is an analysis of the art piece A Philosopher Giving A Lecture At The Orrery by Joseph Wright.
The art piece shows children gathered around a philosopher giving a lecture. Much like its title, it describes what it shows. As seen in my infographic in my last post, this era revolved around scientific findings and knowledge. This art piece shows this idea because it is presenting how the Solar System works to children. The children look intrigued by the orrery. The finding of how the Solar System works was revolutionary during this time and it angered the Church because this finding went against religious teachings. These findings came to be because many began to question religion.
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Connecting it to modern-day, we value science because it gives us the hard facts and we have the proof we need. A relevant scientific finding that is pretty recent would be how a Black Hole actually looks like. You remember all those articles about the first-ever picture of a Black Hole. We have wanted to learn more about space and how black holes work. We worked for the truth and we got it. We don't turn to religion like we used to, but we still do value science. We can see that we have turned away from being very religious and believing that every religious teaching is a fact.
Hey Joseline, you did a great job at describing what the painting you chose meant and you described it in great detail. When they discovered the first black hole it was all anyone ever talked about, and that must have been how they felt during enlightenment when they started making all these new discoveries. I agree that nowadays we definitely value science more than we value religion, but that may not be a bad thing. Science is definitely the cause of many new amazing discoveries that help shape the world we live in.
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. I find it interesting that during the time the church was angered by the scientific findings, almost like they didn't want to see advancements. Today I agree we value science much more than religion and there is a separation of the two. I have begun to see a lot of religious scholars who accept scientific findings and connect it to there religion rather than rejecting, for example the big bang theory. It is important to find a balance between the two and I am happy that is the era I live in now where we continuously try to discover more.
Hi Joseline, I liked how you did a good job describing the painting you used and what it means. I agree with what you said about in mordern day life we value science a lot because it gives us reliable information about whatever we need to know which is very useful for us. I do agree that we don't tend to religion like we used to but science will always be useful to us.
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