MYTH OF EUROPEAN DARK AGE (5TH-15TH CENTURY) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE STAGNATION CRITICAL STUDIES OF SCIENTIFIC IDEA INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE LATE MEDIEVAL THEOLOGIAN AND EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHER
MYTH OF EUROPEAN DARK AGE (5TH-15TH CENTURY) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE STAGNATION CRITICAL STUDIES OF SCIENTIFIC IDEA INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE LATE MEDIEVAL THEOLOGIAN AND EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHER

Summary/Abstract: Within common historical context, most historians consider the European renaissanceage as age of origins of modern scientific knowledge, also, they assume EuropeanMedieval Age (5th-15th centuries) as age full with scientific knowledge ignorant. Thisresearch paper gives important historical review about interactions of scientific ideabetween the late medieval theologian and early modern philosopher. However, mostprevious research was more emphasized on scientific knowledge development duringthe age of renaissance and age of enlightenment without considering the contributionof early medieval age theologian. By examining this historically event with criticalreview, I do give some clarification to such pervasive myth by using qualitativeresearch methodologies, which involving analyst of historical facts from primaryresources and secondary resources such as archives, journals, book chapters, andpublished research paper. This research challenges the argument that scientificknowledge development only happened since renaissance age. In the comparativesstudies, I found out that early medieval theologian, from William of Ockham to GabrielBiel, who did played an important role of influencing early modern philosopher, ReneDescartes to David Hume, with scientific ideas. Such finding does give a significantclarification to the myth of medieval Europe scientific knowledge stagnation in modernhistorical debate.

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