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Francis Bacon
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This article is about the philosopher. For other people with the same name, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation).Francis Bacon |
Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban |
Born | 22 January 1561(1561-01-22)
Strand, London, England |
Died | 9 April 1626(1626-04-09) (aged 65)
Highgate, London, England |
Era| The Scientific Revolution |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Empiricism |
Influenced by[show] * Presocratics (Democritus, Empedocles, Parmenides), Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, NiccolòMachiavelli, Michel de Montaigne, Vanoccio Biringuccio, Bernard Palissy, Bernardino Telesio, William Gilbert |
Influence on[show] * Thomas Hobbes, French Encyclopédistes |
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FrancisBacon, 1st Viscount St Albans,[1] KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both asAttorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate andpractitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
Bacon has been called the father of empiricism.[2] His works established and popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry,often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical frameworkfor science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. His dedication probably led to his death, bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killedby their own experiments.
Bacon was knighted in 1603, and created both the Baron Verulam in 1618, and the Viscount St Alban in 1621; as he died without heirs both peerages became extinct upon his...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article is about the philosopher. For other people with the same name, see Francis Bacon (disambiguation).Francis Bacon |
Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban |
Born | 22 January 1561(1561-01-22)
Strand, London, England |
Died | 9 April 1626(1626-04-09) (aged 65)
Highgate, London, England |
Era| The Scientific Revolution |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Empiricism |
Influenced by[show] * Presocratics (Democritus, Empedocles, Parmenides), Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, NiccolòMachiavelli, Michel de Montaigne, Vanoccio Biringuccio, Bernard Palissy, Bernardino Telesio, William Gilbert |
Influence on[show] * Thomas Hobbes, French Encyclopédistes |
Signature | |
FrancisBacon, 1st Viscount St Albans,[1] KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both asAttorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate andpractitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.
Bacon has been called the father of empiricism.[2] His works established and popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry,often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical frameworkfor science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. His dedication probably led to his death, bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killedby their own experiments.
Bacon was knighted in 1603, and created both the Baron Verulam in 1618, and the Viscount St Alban in 1621; as he died without heirs both peerages became extinct upon his...
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