Glorification of Science and Mathematics

Copernicus proposed a heliocentric cosmology which initiated the scientific revolution. Further important contributions came from Galilei, Kepler, and Descartes, before a coherent mathematics-mechanical worldview was presented by Newton. According to this view, nature is operating according to laws that can be formulated mathematically. This inspired the idea, strongly advocated by logical positivism, that mathematics is the language of science. This brought together the Modern glorification of mathematics, claiming mathematics ensures scientific unity, objectivity, and neutrality. This view coagulated as a paradigmatic dogma portraying science and mathematics as isolated phenomena not involved in any social or political complexities. This idea engenders an inadequate conception of science and mathematics.