Second Philosophy
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Second Philosophy is a component of Francis Bacon’s unfinished philosophical project that aimed to develop a new, empirically grounded method for acquiring knowledge about nature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of a philosophical system
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philosophical doctrine ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
reform of natural philosophy
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reliable knowledge of the natural world ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | First Philosophy (metaphysics in the Aristotelian tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
careful interpretation of nature
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inductive reasoning ⓘ systematic collection of data ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
methodological foundations of natural science
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study of nature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Secunda Philosophia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal | development of a new method for acquiring knowledge about nature ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
empirical grounding of theory
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rejection of premature generalization ⓘ stepwise ascent from particulars to axioms ⓘ systematic experimentation ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMethodologicalBasis |
empirical observation
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experiment ⓘ |
| hasStatus | unfinished component of Bacon's system ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Renaissance humanism
NERFINISHED
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critique of scholasticism ⓘ |
| influences |
early modern scientific method
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empiricism ⓘ |
| opposes |
purely scholastic reasoning
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uncritical reliance on Aristotelianism ⓘ |
| partOf | Francis Bacon's philosophical project ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Baconian method
NERFINISHED
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Novum Organum NERFINISHED ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ |
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