A significant part of the pro science and anti religious animus was really anti French and anti Catholic (same difference in their eyes), propagated by the British after 1688. See Cato’s Letters for many examples.
Tremendously helpful breakdown of what I've intuited (I'm an engineer / philosopher, not a scientist) by plain old observation and contemplation. It's fascinating to sense, at this chaotic historical moment, how "the Wheel" of philosophy and myth is starting to turn in the post-Christendom West...
"Common sense tells us that it is ludicrous to think that science didn’t exist before: people have always been curious, and always loved to tinker and find things out. That’s basically what science is. No pompous theories about the “scientific method” needed." I started to make a distinction between "science" as widely perceived today (Post-Christendom) and technology. For example, the development of the harness for plough horses, the plough itself, et al, etc. We got quite a lot done, across quite a few centuries before someone coined idea of "scientific method", which is, even you boil it down, pretty clunky and demanding, in its pursuit of knowledge. I mean : if we'd waited for SM to confirm everything with double blind studies, before getting started, I doubt Wed be here at all. Lot of human disciplines work pretty well without "science".
Looking forward to discovering rest of your unfolding reflections asking this line...
A significant part of the pro science and anti religious animus was really anti French and anti Catholic (same difference in their eyes), propagated by the British after 1688. See Cato’s Letters for many examples.
Tremendously helpful breakdown of what I've intuited (I'm an engineer / philosopher, not a scientist) by plain old observation and contemplation. It's fascinating to sense, at this chaotic historical moment, how "the Wheel" of philosophy and myth is starting to turn in the post-Christendom West...
"Common sense tells us that it is ludicrous to think that science didn’t exist before: people have always been curious, and always loved to tinker and find things out. That’s basically what science is. No pompous theories about the “scientific method” needed." I started to make a distinction between "science" as widely perceived today (Post-Christendom) and technology. For example, the development of the harness for plough horses, the plough itself, et al, etc. We got quite a lot done, across quite a few centuries before someone coined idea of "scientific method", which is, even you boil it down, pretty clunky and demanding, in its pursuit of knowledge. I mean : if we'd waited for SM to confirm everything with double blind studies, before getting started, I doubt Wed be here at all. Lot of human disciplines work pretty well without "science".
Looking forward to discovering rest of your unfolding reflections asking this line...