Within the early history of the United States, came a rise of scientific studies and as such many of the philosophers during this age used science as a part of their philosophical thinking. Since the understanding and study of science has expanded American thinking we see that philosophers such as pragmatist have applied scientific methods into their works into order to assess both belief and theories in order to determine how much of a practical use they have on us. John Dewey; a philosopher of pragmatism, and he saw that science provided a better understanding about ourselves and the world we live in through evidence that verifiable to which Dewey argued that religion couldn't. When looking at religion; a man by the name of Jonathan Edwards
