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1
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which group of people does scientific rev. only revolve around

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elite and intellectuals mostly in western europe

2
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what was the idea that aristotle had that the church loved

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that the earth is in the center of the universe

3
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before during reinnasance when it was based on humanism, they looked ___

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back

4
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moden science wants to look ___

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forward

5
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What were the “natural philosphers” characteristics

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their ideas were based on observation, math, experiments

6
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what did these philosphers do for society

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changed view of cosmos, man’s place in it and impacted traditions, religion, politics and philosophy

7
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What were these philosphers willing to do that wasn’t really done before

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question aristotle and galen

8
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what are the scientists’ approach?

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scientists begin ideas through empirical (experimental) data and they began not just trusting reason

9
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they start considering which laws

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natural laws