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This 6 page report discusses how the intellectual
world was reshaped by the Scientific Revolution and the
contributions made by the scientists that existed between the
times of Copernicus and Newton. Their contributions then led to
the development of The Enlightenment, a time in which
the world was opening up, literally, in immeasurable ways. The
logic of the philosophers, writers, and other intellectuals of
time was that if the human beings of the Scientific Revolution
could so unlock doors behind which the laws of the universe were
hidden, God's own laws, why couldn’t it also be possible to
determine the laws elemental in all aspects of nature and
society? Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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opening up, literally, in immeasurable ways. The logic of the philosophers, writers, and other intellectuals of time was that if the human beings of the Scientific Revolution could so
unlock doors behind which the laws of the universe were hidden, Gods own laws, why couldnt it also be possible to determine the laws elemental in all aspects of nature
and society? Bibliography lists 4 sources. BWscienl.rtf First the Revolution, Next the Enlightenment By: C.B. Rodgers - October 2001
-- for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction . . . to Science In the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the
educated classes of Europe moved from a world-view that was basically religious to one that was primarily secular. The development of scientific knowledge was the key cause of this intellectual
change. Esler (1992) points out that until the dawning of the 16th century, scientific thought reflected the Aristotelian-medieval world-view, which taught that a motionless earth was at the center of
a universe made up of planets and stars in ten crystal spheres. These and many other attitudes demonstrated that science was primarily and inextricably a branch of religion. Beginning with
the radical Copernicus, who taught that the earth revolved around the sun, Europeans slowly began to reject Aristotelian-medieval scientific thought. They developed an unheard of conception of a universe based
on natural laws, not on a personal God. Isaac Newton formulated the great scientific synthesis: the law of universal gravitation. This was the culminating point of the scientific revolution which
usurped, or at least became equal with, religion. In the midst of the cultural and religious revolution, the intellectual world was also being reshaped by the Scientific Revolution and the
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