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ANCIENT GREECE

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Philosopher responsible for the scientific method
A
Aristotle
B
Aesop
C
Homer
D
Plato
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -In all textbooks of the western world, the Italian physicist Galileo Galilee ( 1564–1642) is presented as the father of this scientific method. The historian of science, A.C.

Detailed explanation-3: -The study of scientific method is the attempt to discern the activities by which that success is achieved. Among the activities often identified as characteristic of science are systematic observation and experimentation, inductive and deductive reasoning, and the formation and testing of hypotheses and theories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aristotle has created a basis for a great deal of today’s scientific knowledge, such as the classification of organisms and objects. Though erroneous by current standards, his four-element system of nature (i.e. minerals, plants, animals, and humans) has guided scientists for centuries in the study of biology.

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