Enlightenment science

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Enlightenment science was an 18th-century intellectual movement that applied reason, empirical observation, and experimental methods to understand and systematically explain the natural world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period in science ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
scientific paradigm ⓘ
aimedTo explain the natural world systematically ⓘ
associatedWith Newtonian physics ⓘ
astronomical observation ⓘ
chemical revolution ⓘ
classification in natural history ⓘ
electrical experiments ⓘ
mechanistic worldview ⓘ
public demonstrations of experiments ⓘ
basedOn empiricism ⓘ
experimental method ⓘ
reason ⓘ
contributedTo development of earth sciences ⓘ
development of modern biology ⓘ
development of modern chemistry ⓘ
development of modern physics ⓘ
rise of secular worldviews ⓘ
developedIn Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
German-speaking lands ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
disseminatedThrough encyclopedias ⓘ
popular lectures ⓘ
salons ⓘ
scientific journals ⓘ
emphasized laws of nature ⓘ
mathematical description of phenomena ⓘ
observation ⓘ
skepticism toward authority ⓘ
followedBy 19th-century professionalization of science ⓘ
hasEndApproximate early 19th century ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Alessandro Volta ⓘ
Antoine Lavoisier ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Denis Diderot ⓘ
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Jean le Rond d'Alembert ⓘ
linked to: Jean d’Alembert

Joseph Priestley ⓘ
Pierre-Simon Laplace ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Émilie du Châtelet ⓘ
hasStartApproximate late 17th century ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 18th century ⓘ
influenced education reforms in the 18th century ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
modern science ⓘ
political thought of the Enlightenment ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ
secularization of knowledge ⓘ
partOf Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
precededBy Scientific Revolution ⓘ
promoted idea of progress through science ⓘ
separation of science from theology ⓘ
universal laws governing nature ⓘ
rejected appeals to tradition as primary source of knowledge ⓘ
supernatural explanations in natural philosophy ⓘ
relatedTo Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
scientific revolution ⓘ
supportedBy learned societies ⓘ
scientific academies ⓘ

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Republic of Letters → hasInfluenceOn → Enlightenment science ⓘ
The Economy of Vegetation → influencedBy → Enlightenment science ⓘ
De generis humani varietate nativa → perspective → Enlightenment science ⓘ
Victorian scientific revolution → influencedBy → Enlightenment science ⓘ
Naturphilosophie → historicallyPrecededBy → Enlightenment natural philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Enlightenment science
Balnibarbi → satirizes → Enlightenment science ⓘ
Romantic science → influencedBy → Enlightenment science ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Venturi → movement → Enlightenment science ⓘ