Aristotle contributed the Heliocentric theory which was the earth was in the center of the earth. Ptolemy built on this later on with the moon and stars having their own orbits
While Aristotle made significant contributions to various scientific fields, he did not create the scientific method as we understand it today. The scientific method emerged later during the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, primarily through the works of prominent scientists like Francis Bacon and Galileo Galilei.
It relied on experimentation and reason, not rhetoric.
Aristotle developed thinking about the world in a scientific method.
Descartes contributed to mathematics and physics, adding to the advances of the scientific revolution. The skepticism expressed in his philosophical theories also influenced thought in the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment.
By knwoing that every truth followed logically from other truths.
The theory that prevailed before the scientific revolution, at least in Europe, was that everything the human race needed to know could be found either in the bible or in the writings of Aristotle.
While Aristotle made significant contributions to various scientific fields, he did not create the scientific method as we understand it today. The scientific method emerged later during the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century, primarily through the works of prominent scientists like Francis Bacon and Galileo Galilei.
Aristotle developed the scientific method.
Aristotle invented logic and scientific reasoning.
Aristotle's work was purely theoretical. Whether you define it as scientific or not depends on your definition of scientific. He did not use experiments to prove his work, and if he did he did not conduct them in a scientific way (using the scientific method).
In the scientific revolution, the traditional authority was the Catholic Church and the teachings of ancient scholars like Aristotle and Ptolemy. These authorities were often challenged by new thinkers like Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton who made groundbreaking discoveries that contradicted existing beliefs.
Aristotle is remembered as a natural philosopher rather than as a scientist, and he did not invent the scientific method.
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Aristotle predates the scientific method, and he was not a scientist, he was a natural philosopher. He did not perform experiments or use scientific tools to study anything.