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===The Scientific Revolution===
===The Scientific Revolution===
As [[scientific method|scientific methodology]] became further developed, the Aristotelian view came under scrutiny. By the 16th century, force and motion had become topics of interest among scientists of the day. [[Galileo Galilei]] performed a series of experiments involving rolling balls down inclined planes, and [[Johannes Kepler]] found [[Kepler's laws|mathematical relations]] governing the motion of the [[planets]]. [[Isaac Newton]] was able to explain the results of Galileo and Kepler through the use of three succinct [[Newton's laws of motion|laws of motion]] and an expression that accounted for [[gravity|gravitational]] force. Newton also made important contributions to the field of [[optics]] and suggested that light consisted of tiny corpuscles (particles).
As [[scientific method|scientific methodology]] became further developed, the Aristotelian view came under scrutiny. By the 16th century, force and motion had become topics of interest among scientists of the day. [[Galileo Galilei]] performed a series of experiments involving rolling balls down inclined planes, and [[Johannes Kepler]] found [[Kepler's laws|mathematical relations]] governing the motion of the [[planet]]. [[Isaac Newton]] was able to explain the results of Galileo and Kepler through the use of three succinct [[Newton's laws of motion|laws of motion]] and an expression that accounted for [[gravity|gravitational]] force. Newton also made important contributions to the field of [[optics]] and suggested that light consisted of tiny corpuscles (particles).
As a result of the success of Newton's laws, the Aristotelian paradigm was rejected. It was replaced by a "clockwork universe" viewpoint, in which (theoretically) all future events could be predicted with arbitrary precision, given enough information about the present.
As a result of the success of Newton's laws, the Aristotelian paradigm was rejected. It was replaced by a "clockwork universe" viewpoint, in which (theoretically) all future events could be predicted with arbitrary precision, given enough information about the present.