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Occult Enlightenment
The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the
senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.
Giordano Bruno
Abstract
The appearance of scientific revolution in the period of Enlightenment is
explained as a consequence of the interplay between three factors: mechanical
philosophy, new approach in scientific education, and internationalization“objectification” of science. I also argue how the relationship between scientific
practice and public education is bidirectional: science must be in the base of
education, but, conversely, the educational methods provide special requirements to science to be organized in a specific way. In addition, it is explained
how determinism has appeared in science and philosophy.
Keywords
Enlightenment Á Mechanical philosophy Á Laplace’s demon Á Incommensurability paradox Á Determinism Á Educational revolution Á Chemical affinity Á
Classification methods Á Scientific method Á Empiricism
Scientific, and especially pseudo-scientific discussion often fall in the paradox of
incommensurability what generally means the explanation of the appearances in
one area by conceptual system from another discipline. Galilean, or, if you wish
Copernican confrontation whit the Church hierarchy was in principle the example
of the paradox of incommensurability. Scientific interpretation of the new science
was evaluated by starting from other field out of science, the field of theology, or
better to say pseudo-theology. In contrast, the same paradox is actual also today: the
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
H. Vančik, Philosophy of Chemistry, Integrated Science 2,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69224-7_5
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Occult Enlightenment
The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the
senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.
Giordano Bruno
Abstract
The appearance of scientific revolution in the period of Enlightenment is
explained as a consequence of the interplay between three factors: mechanical
philosophy, new approach in scientific education, and internationalization“objectification” of science. I also argue how the relationship between scientific
practice and public education is bidirectional: science must be in the base of
education, but, conversely, the educational methods provide special requirements to science to be organized in a specific way. In addition, it is explained
how determinism has appeared in science and philosophy.
Keywords
Enlightenment Á Mechanical philosophy Á Laplace’s demon Á Incommensurability paradox Á Determinism Á Educational revolution Á Chemical affinity Á
Classification methods Á Scientific method Á Empiricism
Scientific, and especially pseudo-scientific discussion often fall in the paradox of
incommensurability what generally means the explanation of the appearances in
one area by conceptual system from another discipline. Galilean, or, if you wish
Copernican confrontation whit the Church hierarchy was in principle the example
of the paradox of incommensurability. Scientific interpretation of the new science
was evaluated by starting from other field out of science, the field of theology, or
better to say pseudo-theology. In contrast, the same paradox is actual also today: the
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
H. Vančik, Philosophy of Chemistry, Integrated Science 2,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69224-7_5
47