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Tag: Aristotelianism

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1938: Discovering Air

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 9, 2020 · Episode: 1938 Three M-names help us to understand air: Meeting the Zeitgiest. Today, we learn what air is made of.

Tags air Aristotelianism atomism atoms barometer earth fire galileo gases Gassendi hydrodynamics Magiotti Magnenus Magni Torricelli vacuum von Guericke water

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1898: Pierre Gassendi

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 26, 2020 · Episode: 1898 What happened after Galileo? Pierre Gassendi happened! Today, what happened after Galileo?

Tags air pressure analytical mechanics Aristotelianism aristotle atomism Cyrano de Bergerac Empedocles galileo gravity newton physics Pierre Gassendi speed of sound

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1542: Francis Bacon

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 20, 2018 · Episode: 1542 In which Francis Bacon pushes a strict Aristotelian Agenda. Today, science tries to find its way.

Tags Aristotelianism galileo leonardo newton Platonism science scientific method

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2652: Descartes The Scientist

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 26, 2017 · Episode: 2652 Descartes, the Scientist. Today, an extended postscript.

Tags analytic geometry Aristotelianism Cartesian coordinates cogito ergo sum descartes Dioptrics Discourse Discourse on the Method geometry I think therefore I am Meditations Meditations on First Philosophy metaphysics meteorology optics scientific revolution

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1320: Intellectual Misdirection

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 15, 2017 · Episode: 1320 Intellectual misdirection: looking inside and outside our heads for knowledge. Today, we wonder where to look for our new widget.

Tags Aristotelianism einstein galileo jefferson Meyers Briggs Platonism psychology

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