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SCIENCE is from the Latin for 'knowledge', which philosophically means 'true, justified belief'. It is the ONLY epistemological system that justifies its beliefs. It informs wisdom, reason, and humanism, which maximizes the well-being of individuals and society. - - - - - - - The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, with global influences and effects. It included a range of ideas centered on the value of human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by means of reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state (Wikipedia.com). It helped combat the excesses of the church, establish science as a source of knowledge, and defend human rights against tyranny. It also gave us modern schooling, medicine, republics, representative democracy, and much more (Historyhit.com). - - - - - - - The fruits of the Enlightenment are the main cultural forces in the USA against alternatives to medicine, conservatism, religion, and many other anti-science ideas today. CRITICAL THINKING AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT HAVE TO WIN!!! |
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