Triumph Of Modern Science Over Medieval Superstition
Johannes Kepler And The Triumph Of Modern Science Over Medieval Superstition - Best Of Carl Sagan's Cosmos.
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Comment by Ralph Dumain on July 10, 2009 at 7:48am - Oops, I meant that Frances Yates revolutionized the historiography of early modern science . . .
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Comment by Ralph Dumain on July 10, 2009 at 7:47am
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Sagan brings out some key points in this highly abbreviated history. Kepler was a transitional figure, as were the preponderance of scientific revolutionaries all the way up through Newton, who himself mixed in theology and alchemy with his scientific work. The liberation of modern science from theology, metaphysics, and occultism was a struggle that took centuries. It was not just a struggle against religious dogma and superstition, but against an entire metaphysical framework.
Frances Yates revolutionized early modern science with her Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition. See also:
"The Late Medieval Attack on Analogical Thought: Undoing Substantial
Connection" by Sheila Delaney
http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/undoing1.html
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