Scientific Revolution

Hello Students! Today we'll be talking about the Scientific Revolution and its impact in History.
My name is Shawn Bacon, fun fact, I have the same last name as Francis Bacon, an English philosopher that developed the Scientific Method.
During this time intellectuals focused on science principles and ways of looking at the world leaving behind strict religious beliefs.
In this period 2 philosophical movements emerged. Rationalism and Empiricism. Both of these are quite the opposite.
Empiricism focuses on the idea that all knowledge comes from experience and by using human senses. It denies the existence of innate ideas.
Innate ideas are concepts that are believed to be of universal knowledge, knowledge that people are supposedly just born with.
On the other hand, Rationalism strongly believes in the existence of innate ideas and relies firmly on the deductive method.
The deductive method is pretty much the use of plain logic to draw conclusions based on general knowledge.
During this time we also had 3 important events that reflected the impact of the Scientific Revolution.
The EnlightenmentThe French RevolutionThe Industrial Revolution
These intellectuals got inspired on the ideas presented by the Scientific Revolution.
The Enlightenment was also a philosophical movement that got its name from the amazing impact it had on decreasing human ignorance, thanks to the knowledge discovered by intellectuals during this period.