Scenarios about 'empiricism'
Empiricism is a philosophical approach that emphasizes knowledge gained through sensory experience and evidence-based observation rather than innate ideas or tradition. This epistemological stance, advanced by thinkers like Locke, Hume, and Berkeley, fundamentally shaped scientific methodology during the Enlightenment by privileging experimentation and systematic observation. In alternate history scenarios, divergences in empirical traditions can significantly alter technological development, scientific discoveries, and the evolution of rational thought in different societies.
What If The Scientific Method Was Never Formalized?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the systematic approach to scientific inquiry never developed into a codified methodology, potentially altering the entire trajectory of human knowledge and technological development.
What If Aristotle's Scientific Method Was More Empirical?
Exploring how Western science might have developed if Aristotle had emphasized systematic experimentation and observation over philosophical reasoning, potentially advancing scientific progress by millennia.