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Francis Bacon: The New Organon
Francis Bacon
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Description for Francis Bacon: The New Organon
Paperback. A new translation and edition of Bacon's revolutionary work of scientific philosophy. Editor(s): Jardine, Lisa; Silverthorne, Michael. Translator(s): Silverthorne, Michael. Series Editor(s): Ameriks, Karl; Clarke, Desmond M. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his political career, and his ambitious work was groundbreaking in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimentally-based science. Bacon combines theoretical scientific epistemology with examples from applied science, examining phenomena as various as magnetism, gravity, and the ebb and flow of the tides, and anticipating later experimental work by Robert Boyle and others. His work challenges the entire edifice of the philosophy and learning ... Read more
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his political career, and his ambitious work was groundbreaking in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimentally-based science. Bacon combines theoretical scientific epistemology with examples from applied science, examining phenomena as various as magnetism, gravity, and the ebb and flow of the tides, and anticipating later experimental work by Robert Boyle and others. His work challenges the entire edifice of the philosophy and learning ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521564830
SKU
V9780521564830
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Reviews for Francis Bacon: The New Organon
"The importance of this work is evident...the Cambridge edition does a respectable job at striving for both accuracy and readability. I would recommend this edition of Bacon's New Organon for use in survey and/or mid-level courses dealing with the development of seventeenth-century philosophy and science." Teaching Philosophy