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Francis Bacon

By Damani, Parissa, Ali, and Vithu

Who were they?

• was an english philosopher,statesman, scientist, jurist,
• rator, essayist and author
• served as Attorney General
• was Lord Chancellor of England
• father was an english politician during the era of Queen

Elizabeth

• mother was english lady and Scholar

Early Life

• January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626 (age 65).
• Born in London.
• Studied at Oxford and Cambridge.
• Had interests in philosophy and religion especially puritanism.
• Read a lot of theories written by Aristotle and other philosophers.

• his work was made to be an imitation of the Divine Work

(natural philosophy integrated into England’s political Theory

• most of his beliefs coexisted with the idea of their being

no god

• contains many references of the bible within his text

Who did they learn from?

What did he believe?

• Had three goals: to uncover truth, to serve his country, and to serve his

church

• “Knowledge is Power”
• Devout anglican
• Believed that philosophy and religion were not to be intertwined

What did they contribute to Society?

• Novum Organum is a philosophical book that Francis Bacon wrote and

published in 1620

• His work was referenced to Aristostles Organon: his logic ans syllogisms
• Bacon wrote about his new system of logic that he believes to be superior
• This work describes the way one must seek truth
• Proves his point of Induction through his impediments he calls Idols

Idols of the Tribe: deceptive beliefs Idols of the Cave: biases Idols of the Market: discrepancies of meanings to words Idols of the Theatre: physical dogmas

What are they remembered for?

• known as the Father of Modern Science
• "most influential work of human history"
• influenced amateurs to step away from medieval way of thinking
• Baconian Method: begining with particulars and moving to generalities
• In the 18th Century Germans used Bacons Theory and created the concept of a

doctorate

• Novum Organum known as the center of scientific solar system: everything

now revolves around the idea of research as route to advancement