Answer to Question #318082 in Sociology for samkelo

Question

The new ideas that emerged in the Enlightenment were methods or natural science should be user in everyday life, scientific method, and progress

Answer 1

Applying the scientific method to their physical world, Enlightenment thinkers, or philosophes, reexamined all aspects of life from government and justice to religion and women's rights. They created a movement that influenced the entire Western world.

 Enlightenment thinkers placed particular emphasis on empirical knowledge and what they described as the scientific method: that is, knowledge verifiable by reference to experiment, experience, or first-hand observation. Empiricism was applied to every aspect of human thought and activity.