Following the Enlightenment's ideas, the reformers looked to the Scientific Revolution and industrial progress to solve the social problems which arose with the Industrial Revolution. Newton's natural philosophy combined a mathematics of axiomatic proof with the mechanics of physical observation, yielding a coherent system of verifiable predictions and replacing a previous reliance on revelation and inspired truth. Applied to public life, this approach yielded several successful campaigns for changes in social policy. COUNT 4
QSN1 What did the reformers look to to solve social problems? ANS1 Scientific Revolution and industrial progress QSN2 What is Newton Natural philosophy? ANS2 a coherent system of verifiable predictions QSN3 What did Newton's Nataural philosophy replace? ANS3 reliance on revelation and inspired truth. QSN4 What did Newton's philosophy do when applied to life,  ANS4 yielded several successful campaigns for changes in social policy.