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The New Organon (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)
Plautus Casina is a lively and well composed farce. The plot, which concerns the competition of a father and his son for the same girl and the various scurrilous tricks employed in the process, gives full scope to Plautus inventiveness and richly comic language. The editors aim is to establish the play as one of the liveliest of ancient comedies, and in their introduction...more
Paperback, 292 pages
Published
March 28th 2000
by Cambridge University Press
(first published 1623)
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Sep 16, 2012
Adam
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This book is amazing. In philosophy and theory more generally, it's a mistake to talk about things being ahead of their time, because there are always assholes clinging onto false and blatantly idiotic notions (see natural law and/or divine command theory for an example) and keeping them contemporary, not even to mention that most of the world's public life is still based on not even interesting ancient myths. It's also the case that really most of the intellectual paths one may take were sketch...more
Bacon's most immediate philosophical context is that of Aristotelian philosophy, which was still one of the prevalent intellectual currents of Bacon's day. Aristotle's Physics, which emphasized the role of a complex system of causes, form and matter, offered a theoretical rather than experimental picture of the natural world. Medieval Aristotelian philosophers, collectively known as the scholastics, sought to interpret and update Aristotle's system. However, absolute consensus around Aristotle c...more
FB's manifesto for what would become the experimental science of the Royal Society, and of everyone else after that. Lots of shit-talking Aristotle, equates scientific progress with colonial takeover and mastering (by submitting to) the feminine, some exhilarating moments of rhetorical idol-smashing. Actual experiments are a little goofy. Surprisingly current re: Science's ideal vision of itself (see Richard Dawkins for more on this).
oh yeah, foucault's knowledge/power thing begins here:
"Althoug...more
oh yeah, foucault's knowledge/power thing begins here:
"Althoug...more
Mar 26, 2012
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The New Organon forms part of the great renewal, or Instauratio magna, an ambitious practical and theoretical project to overhaul and reform the way in which man investigates nature. Bacon divides his project into six parts: one) a summary of current knowledge, two) the New Organon itself, which sets out the method to be followed and seeks to prepare the mind for investigation, three) a complete natural history, that will provide the foundations for this investigation, four) examples of the kind...more
Interesting only as to get a feel for the history of the philosophy of science. Bacon's enumeration of experiments is hilarious in light of today's knowledge and he himself failed one of the most important tests of his experimental enthusiasm in his contempt for William Harvey and other men of science, including many in Bacon's past, such as Galen.
i've created a fake personality for Bacon in my head that I really don't like. But reading this a second time around maybe he's not so bad.
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Nov 15, 2010
hannah
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The first half was alright. It was good to hear about how the ideas on pursuing natural philosophy developed into the modern scientific method. I liked Bacon's enthusiasm.
The second half was murder. Slogging through all of the ways of induction made my soul feel like it was shriveling up and dying. It made me hate college.
End of story: I like your enthusiasm, Bacon, but I can't go there with you. Go do your thing somewhere else. Away from me. But have fun with that.
The second half was murder. Slogging through all of the ways of induction made my soul feel like it was shriveling up and dying. It made me hate college.
End of story: I like your enthusiasm, Bacon, but I can't go there with you. Go do your thing somewhere else. Away from me. But have fun with that.
Bacon's Novum Organum which translates to 'new instrument' considers a new logical system overriding old reasoning methods ie. syllogism.
His work considers finding the true essence of a thing via induction, considering varying situations involving its occurance, those lacking it, and those where variations occur.
His work considers finding the true essence of a thing via induction, considering varying situations involving its occurance, those lacking it, and those where variations occur.
It was really thorough. He made it more difficult in the first part because he never uses examples. So it's an eaisier read if you make up an example and put it through all of his steps.
*Kind of a tedious read.*
*Kind of a tedious read.*
i hate this book.
in this book, bacon separates philosphy from science. in my opinion this is the root of all scientific folly and arrogance.
in this book, bacon separates philosphy from science. in my opinion this is the root of all scientific folly and arrogance.
May 10, 2012
Rob Roy
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Tedious but an important book nonetheless
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a proponent of the scientific revolution. Indeed, according to John Aubrey, his dedication may have brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.
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