Novum Organum;
by:
Francis Bacon (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940021673020 (0021673020)
Publisher: New York, Collier
Edition language: English
In his zeal to challenge the Aristotelian teaching of his youth, Bacon swung to other extreme. Aristotle’s deductive reasoning had dominated for centuries before Bacon. Natural science was explored through the use of syllogisms based off premises arrived at by generalized observation. Once the pr...