The Rise of Science and a Scientific Worldview
Outline and discus the main ideas, events, protagonists, and developments of the Scientific Revolution in the fields of astronomy, physics, mechanics, optics, chemistry, and medicine, and 2) explain the implications of the Scientific Revolution both for religion and politics. Your post should include:
A: a succinct but exhaustive definition of:
A.1: “scientific method”;
A.2: geocentrism;
A.3: heliocentrism;
B: a detailed explanation of how the Scientific Revolution challenged contemporary religious worldviews;
C: a detailed account of the main secular explanations for politics (i.e. Jean Bodin, Hugo Grotius, and the Natural Laws of Politics).
