The Role Of Plague In Renaissance Science

Many Renaissance scientists developed new techniques to further progress the understanding of human biology. Some Renaissance scientists also used current philosophies and techniques to learn more about human biology. First, the many theories about how the plague spread were overturned by renaissance scientists. Second, Roger Bacon showed how important experiment and reason are. Finally, Vesalius used the human body to learn about biology. Renaissance scientists were the biggest contributors to the progress in understanding human biology.

One way that the understanding of human biology progressed was by overturning the many false beliefs about how the plague began and spread. Due to new scientific beliefs during the renaissance, people did not use religion to explain scientific theories. During the Medieval period, people believed that the cause of the plague “was the configuration of the heavens”(Report on the Cause of the Plague). People explained the cause of sickness by using religion instead of reason and logic. The cause of the plague is an example of people assumed things to be true because other

Bacon explained how we can not know anything for sure unless we use experiment. “Argument reaches a conclusion and compels us to admit it”(Roger Bacon). During the Medieval period, people believed that argument was all that was needed to determine something to be true. During the Renaissance people used reason and experiment to attain knowledge. Bacon also says that experience is an important factor in finding the truth. Because of people experimenting and using reason to learn about new things, people learned much more. Roger Bacon encouraged people to experiment and to find out the truth for themselves. People experimented with the subject of human biology which led to people understanding more of human