I'll mark brainliest 15 how did the scientific revolution contribute to the birth of the enlightenment? a. by inspiring a distrust of new inventions b. by encouraging focus on the individual c. by reinforcing the authority of the church d. by promoting observation and analysis

D: By promoting observation and analysis

Explanation:

The correct answer is D.

The Enlightenment philosophers, such as Locke, Monstequieu or Rosseau. introduced ideas that challenged, and ended up derrocating, the power structures of the Old Regime. They promoted reason, based on the scientific method (observation, analysis, etc), over religious dogmatism and superstititions.  

The main principles developed were the following: definition of bills of citizens' rights, social contract (citizens electing political representatives to create goverments through suffrage, in opposition to the prevailing absolute monarchies whose power was supposed to arise from God's will), and the division of the powers of the state in order to avoid excessive power accumulation in certain sectors, and risks of authoritarism.