The
Development of science in this age is in an incredible state. With many requirements of humans, requests
people to think far more ahead and more modern.
By that, it is expected that human Resources continue to thrive continuously.
Initially,
science happened in old-time, and then followed until this day.
1.
Old-Time
The
Development of science happened in a fast process thousands of years ago before
Christ. This event happened when humans
were in the young Stone Age. At that
time, there was a big revolution in how humans lived. Humans starter to know Agriculture, how to
live in one place, build houses, preserve food, start irrigation, and beginning
to livestock animal. In that time, they were
also able to know how to write, read, and count. With their ability to write, there were some
important events that could be noted and be read by other people which make it
easier to spread out. Their ability to
count also supported the science development, because the events that happened
were completed with an accurate and proper data.
2.
Greek Time
Greek
Time is thought to be the golden time of philosophy. At this time, people were able to propose
their own idea and opinions. Greek at
that time, were considered as the treasury of science and philosophy. Greek people at that time did not believe in
myths anymore. Greek people also wouldn’t
receive experience basically on receptive attitude, where they would just simply
receive it. They tried to emerge
inquiring attitude, where they would rather critically review something. This behavior then became the seed of the Development
of modern science. This critical behavior
made Greek people appear as thinkers all time.
A couple of philosophers at that time were Thales, Phytagoras, Socrates,
Plato and Aristoteles.
3.
Middle Time
The
middle time was a lot influenced by Catholic people toward the empire and
culture development at that time.
Commonly, Roman people were busy with religious problems without
considering worldly and science. At that
time, the people who appear in the science field were theologian. Almost all scientists at this time were
theologian, which means that science activities were related to religious activities. In other words, science activities were directed
to support religious beliefs. The motto
obtained at that time was ‘ancilla theologiae’ which means man of
religion. Because of that, since the fall
time of Roman Empire until the 10th Century, there were no marvelous actions in
the science field that could be proposed.
The period at this time was also known as the dark ages.
4.
Renaissance Time
Renaissance
time was marked with a revival of the freedom of ideas and opinions from
religious dogma. Renaissance was a
transition time where the middle age starter to change to modern time. Human at this time were humans that were
longing for freedom of ideas. Humans
wanted to achieve success with their own sweat, not based with God’s fate. The founding of modern science started at the
Renaissance time. The science field that
was growing at that time was astronomy.
The famous figure was Roger Bacon, Copernicus Johannes Keppler, and
Galileo Galilei.
5.
Modern Time
Modern
time was marked with many discoveries in science. The development of science in modern time was
continued from the Renaissance time.
Like Rene Descartes, a famous figure known as the father of philosophy. His discoveries at that time were coordinate
system. Other than that, there were more
philosophers like Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin.
6.
Contemporary Time
Amongst
all special sciences that were explained by philosophers, physics were at the
top. According to Trout (in Rizal
Mustansyir, dkk., 2001) physics is at the most fundamental position of science
where the subject material contains basic elements that form the universe. He also showed that historically the relation
between physics and philosophy appeared in two ways. First, the philosophic discussions about
physic method and in the interaction between substantial seek about physics (example:
about material, power, the concept of space, and time). Secondly, the philosophy teachings that
answers the phenomena about material, power, space and time. By that, from the beginning there is a red
line between philosophy and physics.
Seeking for knowledge is a must for
humans. That sentence is already listed
in all holy books of all religion. After
we know which science is right, we are required to spread it to all humans for
the welfare of human in this world. The development
of science itself must make human to better itself.
