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AP European History
Unit 4 – Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
Topic 4.7
What if Francis Bacon had never developed his empiricist method?
Philosophy, not science, would become Europe's leading intellectual practice during this period.
The scientific revolution might be delayed due to slower development of systematic experimental methodology.
Science wouldn't be separate from religion until much later dates because there was no clear distinction between them before Bacon's methodology.
There would be no significant impact since others were developing similar methodologies at that time.
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AP European History - 4.7 Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution
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