The Instauratio Magna Part II: Novum Organum and Associated Texts
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780199247929 (0199247927)
Publish date: April 1st 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 768
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...