Francis Bacon Research Paper
Francis bacon was a renaissance man, best known for promoting the scientific method. His philosophical and scientific ideas helped shape modern day science. Bacon's early life and development of the scientific method helped change modern society for the better.
Francis bacon wasn't always interested in science in his early life. In fact, Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England for over four decades. He had studied law his entire life while attending trinity college, Cambridge when he was 12. After finishing his course of study at Trinity College he enrolled in a law program at the Honorable Society of Gray's in, which he later dropped out of because he didn't favor the old fashioned ideas and ways of teaching. He even …show more content…
Bacon wanted to change the face of natural physiology for the betterment of mankind. He was determined to make a new and improved outline for the sciences, a outline he later called the Baconian Method. The Baconian method focused on empirical methods, that depended on tangible truth, and the basis of applied science. Bacon's Baconian method, better known as the scientific method, involved gathering data, analyzing it, and performing experiments. After publishing his ideas in his book Nova Organum, which is Latin for "new method, Bacon was finally established as a prestigious philosopher of science. The Nova Organum was meant to replace the ideas in Aristotle's Organum. Unlike Aristotle, Bacon believed there should be an emphasis on experimentation and …show more content…
On April 9, 1926, Francis Bacon died of Bronchitis. He had been experimenting with ice in Highgate, England when he caught a cold that later developed into bronchitis while he was staying in a musty guest room in Lord Arundel's estate in London. After Bacon's death, his ideas began taking hold in modern science, as well as influential people in history. His ideas helped influence John Locke, David Hume, and John Mill. Bacon's philosophical ideas continue to influence science today as we developed the modern scientific method from his Baconian method. In fact, the only major difference in the two is that the Baconian method didn't stress testing your hypothesis more than once. Today, Francis Bacon is known for ushering in the modern era of human
Francis bacon wasn't always interested in science in his early life. In fact, Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England for over four decades. He had studied law his entire life while attending trinity college, Cambridge when he was 12. After finishing his course of study at Trinity College he enrolled in a law program at the Honorable Society of Gray's in, which he later dropped out of because he didn't favor the old fashioned ideas and ways of teaching. He even …show more content…
Bacon wanted to change the face of natural physiology for the betterment of mankind. He was determined to make a new and improved outline for the sciences, a outline he later called the Baconian Method. The Baconian method focused on empirical methods, that depended on tangible truth, and the basis of applied science. Bacon's Baconian method, better known as the scientific method, involved gathering data, analyzing it, and performing experiments. After publishing his ideas in his book Nova Organum, which is Latin for "new method, Bacon was finally established as a prestigious philosopher of science. The Nova Organum was meant to replace the ideas in Aristotle's Organum. Unlike Aristotle, Bacon believed there should be an emphasis on experimentation and …show more content…
On April 9, 1926, Francis Bacon died of Bronchitis. He had been experimenting with ice in Highgate, England when he caught a cold that later developed into bronchitis while he was staying in a musty guest room in Lord Arundel's estate in London. After Bacon's death, his ideas began taking hold in modern science, as well as influential people in history. His ideas helped influence John Locke, David Hume, and John Mill. Bacon's philosophical ideas continue to influence science today as we developed the modern scientific method from his Baconian method. In fact, the only major difference in the two is that the Baconian method didn't stress testing your hypothesis more than once. Today, Francis Bacon is known for ushering in the modern era of human