Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

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Reason

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The power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments logically.

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Scientific Revolution

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A period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Enlightenment

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An 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism over tradition.

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Worldview

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A particular philosophy of life or conception of the world.

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Natural Rights

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Rights that people supposedly have under natural law (e.g., life, liberty, property).

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Social Contract

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An agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits (e.g., sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection).

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Empiricism

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The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.

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Rationalism

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A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.

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Skepticism

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A doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind.

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Innovation

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A new method, idea, product, etc..