Novum Organum
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Novum Organum is a foundational philosophical work by Francis Bacon that introduced a new empirical method of scientific inquiry and helped shape the course of the Scientific Revolution.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work → treatise → |
| advocates |
inductive logic
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| aimsTo |
provide a new instrument of knowledge
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reform the sciences → |
| author |
Francis Bacon
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| book1Focus |
idols and obstacles to knowledge
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| book2Focus |
rules for inductive investigation
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| circulationCentury |
17th century
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| countryOfOrigin |
England
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| criticizes |
Aristotelian scholasticism
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deductive reasoning from first principles → |
| genre |
natural philosophy
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philosophy → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Baconian method
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Royal Society of London → |
| historicalSignificance |
foundational text of the Scientific Revolution
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major work in the history of scientific methodology → |
| influenced |
Enlightenment thought
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Isaac Newton → John Locke → Scientific Revolution → modern scientific method → |
| introducesConcept |
Idols of the Cave
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Idols of the Marketplace → Idols of the Theatre → Idols of the Tribe → |
| keyTheme |
importance of experiment and observation
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methodical collection of data → progressive accumulation of knowledge → rejection of innate ideas in science → |
| language |
Latin
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| mainSubject |
empiricism
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inductive reasoning → philosophy of science → scientific method → |
| notableEdition |
Latin first edition 1620
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| originalTitle |
Novum Organum Scientiarum
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| partOf |
Instauratio Magna
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| philosophicalTradition |
early modern empiricism
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| proposes |
experimental method
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systematic empirical observation → |
| publicationYear |
1620
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| structure |
two books
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| subtitle |
Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae
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| titleAlludesTo |
Organon by Aristotle
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| titleMeaning |
New Organon
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Referenced by (10)
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Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon → Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam → |
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New Atlantis
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The Advancement of Learning → |
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The Advancement of Learning
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Scientific Revolution
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New Atlantis
("Baconian scientific method")
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Novum Organum
("Novum Organum Scientiarum")
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Novum Organum
("Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae")
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