What were the reasons that natural philosophers like Descartes, Galileo and Francis Bacon pointed to when claiming that the old, settled truths of traditional science should be reassessed or even rejected?

Based on the readings, what was new about the “new science” of the seventeenth century? What were the reasons that natural philosophers like Descartes, Galileo and Francis Bacon pointed to when claiming that the old, settled truths of traditional science should be reassessed or even rejected? How did they support their position?

be sure to cite specific quotations as examples from the texts assigned.

Last Completed Projects