Scientific Method: A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence crucial to the evolution of science from the 17th century onwards.
Empiricism: The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. This was stimulated by the rise of experimental science.
Scientific Revolution: A period of major scientific change in views about nature that took place in Europe during 16th and 17th centuries. It's associated with developments in physics, astronomy, biology etc., which radically changed how nature was studied.