How Did Religion Contribute To The Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was an absolutely, ironically, revolutionary era in history. Before the Scientific Revolution, there was a very limited knowledge of science; scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers before the 16th century had an understanding of the world much different from what we know is true today, but their beliefs even seemed outdated later that century. Many changes came with the Scientific Revolution, and the factors which influenced these changes are just as important to note as the changes themselves; these factors include the people who controlled the authority over knowledge, the role of hermetic magic and alchemy, the change from blind trust of theories, and the effects of those changes are all extremely important
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In the past, people had not thought to question knowledge of the past. If they were taught something, they believed it– like the geo-centric theory. The art of disbelief started with Francis Bacon, who is known as the father of modern science. Bacon believed that people should run their own experiments and follow those results rather than blindly listening to the results of others. He spoke about how people should go out and prove–or disprove–old assumptions, and that believing old theories because that was the status-quo was naive. He contributed to the creation of the Scientific Method because of his beliefs. Bacon had a lot of similarities with Rene Descartes, who also believed in running experiments to find answers, but Descartes used mathematics and logic to prove these things. Descartes believed that absolutely everything should be doubted until proven by reason, even one's own existence. “I think, therefore I am,” was Descartes’ most famous quote– it means that the ability to reason means that a person is real and therefore deserves rights, and one of those rights is the right to disbelief. He believed that once a person establishes that they have the ability to reason, they should question absolutely everything from thereon. His extreme interpretation of reality led him to his title of the father of Rationalism, which was the belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional
In the past, people had not thought to question knowledge of the past. If they were taught something, they believed it– like the geo-centric theory. The art of disbelief started with Francis Bacon, who is known as the father of modern science. Bacon believed that people should run their own experiments and follow those results rather than blindly listening to the results of others. He spoke about how people should go out and prove–or disprove–old assumptions, and that believing old theories because that was the status-quo was naive. He contributed to the creation of the Scientific Method because of his beliefs. Bacon had a lot of similarities with Rene Descartes, who also believed in running experiments to find answers, but Descartes used mathematics and logic to prove these things. Descartes believed that absolutely everything should be doubted until proven by reason, even one's own existence. “I think, therefore I am,” was Descartes’ most famous quote– it means that the ability to reason means that a person is real and therefore deserves rights, and one of those rights is the right to disbelief. He believed that once a person establishes that they have the ability to reason, they should question absolutely everything from thereon. His extreme interpretation of reality led him to his title of the father of Rationalism, which was the belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional