Scientific Revolution Research Paper

Science and Capitalism If I were to take I guess, I would says that we all have been taught that capitalism drives innovation, technology, and scientific advancement. The teaching that competition, combined with the profit motive, pushes science to its limits and gives big corporations incentive to invent new medicines, drugs, and treatments is very common. We are also told that the free market is the greatest motivator for human advance, but in some cases that is not true. Patents, profits, and private ownership of the means of production are actually the greatest hindrances of science. Capitalism, in my opinion, is holding back science and technology.
I think it all comes down to how history has shaped the role of the female. The Scientific Revolution, just like Capitalism, is traditionally viewed as a fundamentally good thing, but there are many arguments against this view. Before the Scientific Revolution society attempted to live in harmony with nature and the earth was seen as a mother. The Scientific Revolution is what changed this view. People began to question the way in which nature works and started thinking of the earth as a machine rather than a nurturer. This view lead to the exploitation of resources of the earth and could possibly lead to the destruction of our earth. The Scientific Revolution in general was a very sexist movement. Some even view the Scientific Revolution as a segway into the controlling nature of some men, and even rape because, “the purpose of the New Science was to unveil nature, lay bare her secrets, and penetrate her mysteries” (Merchant 1980). I do not