The Royal Society played a key role in shaping scientific practices from "summary" of Leviathan and the Air-Pump by Steven Shapin,Simon Schaffer
The Royal Society was at the forefront of establishing scientific practices in the 17th century. Its members sought to create a new way of knowing about the natural world, one based on empirical observation and experimentation. Through their experiments and discussions, they aimed to uncover the truth about natural phenomena, free from the biases of tradition or authority. The Royal Society's commitment to experimental philosophy was evident in its meetings, where members presented their findings and debated their implications. These discussions helped to shape the standards of evidence and reasoning that would come to define modern science. By subjecting their ideas to rigorous scrutiny, the members of the Royal Society laid the foundation for the scientific method as we know it today. One of the key ways in whic...Similar Posts
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