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

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Baron Verulam
notableWork
New Atlantis
The Advancement of Learning
relatedWork
The Advancement of Learning
followedBy
Scientific Revolution
hasMajorWork
New Atlantis ("Baconian scientific method")
influencedBy
Novum Organum ("Novum Organum Scientiarum")
originalTitle
Novum Organum ("Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae")
subtitle

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