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The Advancement of Learning

Author
Francis Bacon
Read by
James Harrington
Language
English
Length
8 hours 5 minutes
ISBN
9781802560398
Published
28 August 2024
Imprint
Adelphi Press
  • scientific method
  • empirical observation
  • inductive reasoning
  • knowledge
  • scholasticism
  • education
  • philosophy
  • classification
  • enlightenment
  • intellectual advancement

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Bacon defends learning and urges empirical observation and inductive inquiry over empty scholastic habit, classifying knowledge so it can advance. A practical foundation for clearer method in study and science. Spoken as usable listening when you want the case for experience over received opinion.

Author

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution. Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. His works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature.

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