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Jan 20, 2018

One major influence was the naturalistic bias in science.

Explanation:

The Enlightenment especially the French Enlightenment was anti theistic This anti theistic bias influenced science.

The Scientific Method is limited to the study of natural causes. The influence of the enlightenment caused the assumption that natural causes were all the could exist. This philosophy is sometimes called material realism. It was haps best expressed by Carl Sagan of the Cosmos TV series. The starting line of the show was by Carl Sagan was #the Cosmos is all the was is or ever will be #

All theories in science were forced into an extreme form of naturalism, that everything must be explained by uniform natural causes that could be observed in the present.

The bias of naturalism in the sciences was one of the major influences of the Enlightenment.

Jan 20, 2018

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Explanation:

One philosoph from the Enlightenment was named John Locke. In one of John Locke's books, he mentioned that he believed that all humans should have the rights to life, liberty, and property. Many years later, Thomas Jefferson was influenced by Locke's concept of natural rights. As a result, the American constitution now mentions that all humans have the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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