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A 5 page paper that analyzes the development of the Scientific Revolution and presents it as a pivotal point in the history of Western civilization. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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this paper properly! Between the beginning of the seventeenth century and the end of the eighteenth century, the worldview of Western Europe changed in its entirety. The intellectuals of
that era went from a perspective that theocratic and hierarchical towards favoring a social order that was based on a rational, scientific and secular world view. This tremendous paradigm change
is generally referred to as the Scientific Revolution, and it marks a crossroads in the history of Western civilization. A brief survey of the major events, invention and ideas of
that era will demonstrate how this major paradigm shift occurred because of the steady increase in new concepts, new ideas, and new knowledge. As with the vast majority of
the so-called social "revolutions" in human history, the roots of change can be traced much further back then the actual period associated with the "revolution." This is particularly true of
the Scientific Revolution, which finds its roots in the invention of the printing press and the questioning of authority that began with the Reformation. Just fifty years after the invention
of Gutenbergs press, printing presses were operating in at least sixty German cities and in over two hundred cities throughout Europe (Kagan, et al, 1991). This invention meant that
new ideas could be readily shared, and also, that it was much more difficult to the Church to control the flow of information, suppressing what was considered heretical to the
faith. Prior to the Scientific Revolution, European society followed a worldview that looked toward God and the Church for answers to all of lifes concerns. Life was a trial to
be endured, and humanity was seen as having no control over its own fate?everything was seen as Gods will. From this purely ecumenical view of the world, the Renaissance and
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