The Cambridge Companion to Bacon

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Markku Peltonen
Cambridge University Press, 1996 M04 26 - 372 pages
Francis 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.
 

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
Bacons moral philosophy
260
Bacons political philosophy
283
Bacons legacy
311
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