In 5-6 double spaced pages (APA format), discuss the following:
Track the development of the new paradigm of a scientific method begun by Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and reinforced by the ideas of Bacon and Descartes which resulted in the notion of Scientia as the form for reliable knowledge rather than belief. What characterized the method? What kind of worldview did it engender? Examine the role of Romanticism as a reaction to the Rationalism represented by this paradigm and tell how the movement was influenced and manifested.
