The scientific method, developed during the Scientific Revolution (1500-1700), changed theoretical philosophy into practical science when experiments to demonstrate observable results were used to confirm, adjust, or deny specific hypotheses.

Aristotle pioneered scientific method in ancient Greece alongside his empirical biology and his work on logic, rejecting a purely deductive framework in favour of generalisations made from observations of nature.

The Scientific Revolution was characterized by an emphasis on abstract reasoning, quantitative thought, an understanding of how nature works, the view of nature as a machine, and the development of an experimental scientific method.

1885 – Peirce and Joseph Jastrow first describe blinded, randomized experiments. [31] 1897 – The American geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin proposes the use of multiple hypotheses to assist in the design of experiments.

The Scientific Revolution (1500-1700), which occurred first in Europe before spreading worldwide, witnessed a new approach to knowledge gathering – the scientific method – which utilised new technologies...