> Yes, that’s kind of my point: The introduction of the scientific method fundamentally changed research, and Universities as institutions. Hm, perhaps I misun

> Yes, that’s kind of my point: The introduction of the scientific method fundamentally changed research, and Universities as institutions. Hm, perhaps I misunderstood you? I fully agree that the rise of the scientific method around the time of Newton "fundamentally changed research". But I don't see how it had the same kind of impact on the university as an institution of higher learning and research. The structure of groups of scholars doing research (whatever method they used) didn't much change, after all - or am I wrong? If I am wrong, could you give some details, please? If you're interested, I reviewed the book here: https://terranostra.one/posts/Gods-Philosophers.html https://terranostra.one/posts/Gods-Philosophers.html (Though I didn't pay particular attention to the role of the universities in the review).