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A classic work on the Baconian philosophy, this book presents Francis Bacon's thoughts and theories on scientific inquiry and experimentation. Tyler analyzes Bacon's views on the nature of knowledge, the importance of observation and experimentation, and the role of reason in scientific discovery. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of science and the philosophy of science. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book, first published in 2001, provides a truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher.

The most comprehensive collection available of Bacon's philosophical and scientific writings, this volume offers Bacon's major works in their entirety, or in generous selections, revised from the classic 19th century editions of Spedding, Ellis and Heath. Selections from Bacon's natural histories round out this edition by showing the types of compilations that he believed would most contribute to the third part of his Great Instauration. In her General Introduction, Rose-Mary Sargent sketches Bacon's early life, education, and legal career, and discusses the major components of his philosophical works, and traces his influence on subsequent natural philosophy.

Excerpt from A Discourse of the Baconian Philosophy The theory of innate ideas, is the theory of isumed ln the a prlori method of investigation theory, that all our knowledge 13 founded upon nee, is that assumed 111 the Baconian method of. Ation.. Plato the leading Philosopher amongst ients, and Des Cartes amongst the modems, taintained the theory of innate ideas. Both hilosophers malntained the a priori method of ration. Bacon's theory of mind, the same with Locke and Reid. They all maintamed the that all our knowledge 15 founded upon experi Locke solved the fundamental problem of psy z and Reid developed the fundamental laws of t: The Baconian method of investigation the logical correlative of the theory of mind that knowledge 15 founded ultimately upon experi The theo1y Of mmd taughtf ln the sacred scr1p. The Baconian method of investigation traced me first impression made upon the senses. Part the TH - irn. Ture 01 its evidences pointed out by Bacon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the publication of Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning (1605), this collection examines Bacon's recasting of proto-scientific philosophies and practices into early modern discourses of knowledge. Like Bacon, all of the contributors to this volume confront an essential question: how to integrate intellectual traditions with emergent knowledges to forge new intellectual futures. The volume's main theme is Bacon's core interest in identifying and conceptualizing coherent intellectual disciplines, including the central question of whether Bacon succeeded in creating unified discourses about learning. Bacon's interests in natural philosophy, politics, ethics, law, medicine, religion, neoplatonic magic, technology and humanistic learning are here mirrored in the contributors' varied intellectual backgrounds and diverse approaches to Bacon's thought.