Clash of sciences: from Aristotle to the scientific revolution

This book is an introductory guide to understanding a centuries-old and complex phenomenon: the transition from pre-modern science to the establishment of scientific thought in the early stages of modernity. This process, as we know, is neither linear nor peaceful. It is, above all, a turbulent phenomenon, marked by intense debates and clashes. All of this revolves around a question humanity has pondered since its beginnings: how can we coherently explain the reality around us?
To answer this question, modern thinkers had to direct their efforts against Aristotle. This was because the Greek philosopher offered the most comprehensive and coherent explanation of the world, one that remained dominant for over eighteen centuries. The process of refuting Aristotle’s thought took centuries to materialize, beginning with the fundamental challenges posed by Islamic thinkers during the so-called Islamic Golden Age, between the 8th and 13th centuries.
Islamic thinkers played a crucial role in enabling European Renaissance thinkers to begin the definitive challenge to the Aristotelian worldview, paving the way for the modern Scientific Revolution.
It was within this context of everyone against Aristotle, combined with the fundamental elements of capitalism in its mercantile stage, that the Scientific Revolution flourished, laying the foundational pillars of modern science in its classical period (classical science).