The Reformation and Scientific Revolution

The Reformation and Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution

A radical change in process and content of scientific knowledge associated with the transition to new theoretical and methodological assumptions, to a new system of fundamental concepts and techniques to a new scientific world view, as well as the qualitative transformation of material means of observation and experimentation with new ways to assess and interpretation of empirical data "with new ideals of explanation, justification and organization of knowledge. Historical examples of the scientific revolution can be a transition from the medieval notions of the cosmos to the mechanistic world view, based ...