Enlightenment science
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Enlightenment science was an 18th-century intellectual movement that applied reason, empirical observation, and experimental methods to understand and systematically explain the natural world.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical period in science
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intellectual movement → scientific paradigm → |
| aimedTo |
explain the natural world systematically
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| associatedWith |
Newtonian physics
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astronomical observation → chemical revolution → classification in natural history → electrical experiments → mechanistic worldview → public demonstrations of experiments → |
| basedOn |
empiricism
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experimental method → reason → |
| contributedTo |
development of earth sciences
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development of modern biology → development of modern chemistry → development of modern physics → rise of secular worldviews → |
| developedIn |
Europe
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France → German-speaking lands → Great Britain → Italy → Netherlands → |
| disseminatedThrough |
encyclopedias
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popular lectures → salons → scientific journals → |
| emphasized |
laws of nature
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mathematical description of phenomena → observation → skepticism toward authority → |
| followedBy |
19th-century professionalization of science
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| hasEndApproximate |
early 19th century
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| hasKeyFigure |
Alessandro Volta
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Antoine Lavoisier → Benjamin Franklin → Carl Linnaeus → Denis Diderot → Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon → Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → Isaac Newton → Jean le Rond d'Alembert → Joseph Priestley → Pierre-Simon Laplace → René Descartes → Émilie du Châtelet → |
| hasStartApproximate |
late 17th century
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| hasTimePeriod |
18th century
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| influenced |
education reforms in the 18th century
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industrialization → modern science → political thought of the Enlightenment → scientific method → secularization of knowledge → |
| partOf |
Age of Enlightenment
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| precededBy |
Scientific Revolution
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| promoted |
idea of progress through science
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separation of science from theology → universal laws governing nature → |
| rejected |
appeals to tradition as primary source of knowledge
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supernatural explanations in natural philosophy → |
| relatedTo |
Enlightenment philosophy
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scientific revolution → |
| supportedBy |
learned societies
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scientific academies → |
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Republic of Letters
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The Economy of Vegetation
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