Francis Bacon: A Critique
November 17, 2020
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as posted by the channelWhat did Francis Bacon give us? Induction, the scientific method, experimentation, his was a theory of epistemology – a theory about knowledge.
He said that knowledge about the world comes from the senses and should be carefully and systematically collected to make use of instrumentally.
This argument will critique Bacon from two angles. First, the idols – the idea that knowledge is distorted by human cognition. Second, the idea of 'discovery', specifically the difference between discovery and creation.
The main argument will be that Bacon neglected the subjective element in epistemology.
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