Empiricism is the belief that knowledge can only be obtained through experience and use of the five senses. It became a popular approach to science during the later years of the Scientific Revolution. What effect did this belief have on scientific study in future eras?

A) Scientists as a group became more opposed to religious interference in daily life.

B) Scientists took a more deductive approach in their work--they tried to work our answers logically instead of experimenting.

C) Scientists became more biased in their work--they saw what they expected to see.

D) Scientists became more open-minded about the results they expected to see in their experiments.

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Madalynn Frost · Answer 1

D) Scientists became more open-minded about the results they expected to see in their experiments