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Did the Medieval Europeans use the scientific method?

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Contemptuously, they give medieval Europe the Dark Ages, and this epithet evokes pictures of filthy, illiterate peasants and rulers, with medieval society a pale, superstitious shadow of the .... However, his biggest influence was more immediate, reflected in the impact to the scientific method made by his pupil, Roger Bacon. read more

They certainly used A scientific method, but whether they used THE scientific method, that depends on how you define it. If one rule is “saying goddidit explains nothing” that is a rule in another scientific method than the one used by Medieval Europeans. read more

Bacon did make a major contribution to the development of science in medieval Europe by writing to the Pope to encourage the study of natural science in university courses and compiling several volumes recording the state of scientific knowledge in many fields at the time. read more

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