Novum Organum

Name: Novum Organum
Author: Francis Bacon

by Francis Bacon

Critique of medieval logic and blueprint for empirical scientific method

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Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman who founded the empirical method and modern scientific inquiry. The Novum Organum proposed inductive reasoning from observation as the basis of knowledge, replacing Aristotelian deduction. He is considered the father of the scientific method.

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