Question #318082
The new ideas that emerged in the Enlightenment were methods or natural science should be user in everyday life, scientific method, and progress
Expert's answer
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.
