Review material for Scientific Revolution survey course at JHU

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1. Continuity and discontinuity¹ (the established versus the revolutionary)

   1. The question of how “revolutionary” the Scientific Revolution is: the actors own consciousness of doing something new²; the historiographical discussion about continuity and discontinuity³; appears to be more revolutionary in the theoretical aspect than the methodological aspect

   2. The issue of boundary-drawing: general discussion⁴; examples such as those in natural magic, alchemy-medicine (Paracelsianism, Helmontianism, and derivative chemical philosophy⁵), and astrology;

   3. The case of astronomy and astrology

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