Question

Until the 1600s, people who investigated problems related to our understanding of the natural world were called

Answer 1

Until the 1600s, people who investigated problems related to our understanding of the natural world were called Philopsopers.

Answer 2

They were called philosophers.

When they came up with new ideas about the world, they also came up with often a religious and only later on a scientific explanation of the natural world and all about them.

Also, they came up with innovative ideas regarding definitive perspectives and worldviews.