The Cambridge Companion to BaconFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) is one of the most important figures of the early modern era. His plan for scientific reform played a central role in the birth of the new science. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive survey of his writings on science, including his classifications of sciences, his theory of knowledge and of forms, his speculative philosophy, his idea of cooperative scientific research, and the providential aspects of Baconian science. There are also essays on Bacon's theory of rhetoric and history as well as on his moral and political philosophy and on his legacy. |
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Contents
Bacons idea of science | 25 |
Bacons classification of knowledge | 47 |
Bacons method of science | 75 |
Bacons forms and the makers knowledge | 99 |
Bacons speculative philosophy | 121 |
Bacon as an advocate for cooperative scientific | 146 |
Bacons science and religion | 172 |
Bacon and rhetoric | 200 |
JOHN F TINKLER | 232 |
Bacons moral philosophy | 260 |
Bacons political philosophy | 283 |
Bacons legacy | 311 |
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| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Bacon Cambridge Collections Online Cambridge Companions to Philosophy Cambridge companions to literature Cambridge companions to philosophy, religion, and culture Cambridge companions Series Of Cambridge Companions |
| Editors | Markku Peltonen, Peltonen Markku |
| Contributor | Cambridge University Press |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 052143534X, 9780521435345 |
| Length | 372 pages |
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