Ep. 226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · Mark Linsenmayer
September 23, 201943m 39s
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Show Notes
On Sir Francis Bacon's New Organon (1620).
Bacon claims to have developed a new toolset that will open up nature to inquiry in a way that wasn't possible for ancient and modern natural philosophy.
Mark, Wes, and Dylan consider how much what Bacon describes resembles modern scientific method, talk through Bacon's "four idols" that interfere with impartial inquiry, and consider how Bacon's method fits in with his larger political-ethical-religious views.