The Cambridge Companion to BaconMarkku Peltonen Cambridge University Press, 26. apr. 1996 - 372 sider Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is one of the most important figures of the early modern era. His plan for scientific reform played a central role in the birth of the new science. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive survey of his writings on science, including his classifications of sciences, his theory of knowledge and of forms, his speculative philosophy, his idea of cooperative scientific research, and the providential aspects of Baconian science. There are also essays on Bacon's theory of rhetoric and history as well as on his moral and political philosophy and on his legacy. |
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Bacons idea of science | 25 |
Bacons classification of knowledge | 47 |
Bacons method of science | 75 |
Bacons forms and the makers knowledge | 99 |
Bacons speculative philosophy | 121 |
Bacon as an advocate for cooperative scientific | 146 |
Bacons science and religion | 172 |
Bacon and rhetoric | 200 |
Bacons moral philosophy | 260 |
Bacons political philosophy | 283 |
Bacons legacy | 311 |
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According to Bacon Advancement of Learning argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's arts Atlantis augmentis axioms Bacon argued Bacon wrote Bacon's philosophy Bacon's theory Baconian Bensalem body Boyle Brian Vickers causes century Christian Cicero civic civil history civil knowledge claim classical conception concerning critical Descartes discourse discussion diurnal motion divine doctrine Edited effects empirical ence Essays ethical example experience faculty psychology Farrington 1964 fortune Francis Bacon Henry VII human humanist idea imagination important induction inquiry Instauratio Instauratio magna Instauration invention Jardine kind king knowl logic man's matter ment metaphysics method mind modern moral philosophy motion natural history natural philosophy Novum organum observation operation Paracelsian Parliament Pérez-Ramos philoso political practical principles published quaternions reason reform religion religious Renaissance rhetoric Salomon's House scientific sense sidereal fire soul Sprat terrestrial theoretical things Thomas Sprat tion tive topics traditional true truth University Vickers virtue vita activa wisdom writings