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Mill's A System of Logic (1843) is the foundational work of empiricist logic and philosophy of science, defending inductive reasoning as the basis of all knowledge.
Italian physicist and astronomer who confirmed the Copernican heliocentric model with his telescope, developed the mathematical method of natural science, and was tried by the Inquisition — making him the founding martyr of scientific freedom and the symbol of the conflict between empirical inquiry and religious authority.