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2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17758854 |
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- The Renaissance, often hailed as a period of cultural and intellectual rebirth, also served as a crucible for the emergence of a profoundly new scientific worldview. This paper explores how Andreas Vesalius in anatomy, Nicolaus Copernicus in astronomy, and Paracelsus in medicine, through their individual yet interconnected challenges to established doctrines, initiated a fundamental "anatomy of doubt" that reshaped how knowledge was acquired and validated. Prior to their interventions, scholasticism and ancient authorities like Galen and Ptolemy dominated intellectual thought. Vesalius's direct dissections exposed anatomical inaccuracies, Copernicus's heliocentric model displaced Earth from the cosmic center, and Paracelsus's chemical medicine rejected humoral theory. Each figure, by prioritizing empirical observation, mathematical reasoning, or practical experimentation over unquestioning adherence to tradition, fostered a critical and skeptical approach that was revolutionary for its time. Their methodologies collectively undermined the monolithic authority of ancient texts and laid the epistemological groundwork for the Scientific Revolution, transforming the Renaissance from a mere rediscovery of the past into a proactive interrogation of the natural world, thereby profoundly influencing the trajectory of modern scientific inquiry and human understanding of the cosmos and self.