Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, his works remained influential in the development of the scientific method during the scientific revolution.During the 18th-century French Enlightenment, Bacon's non-metaphysical approach to science became more influential than the dualism of his French contempora
ry Descartes, and was associated with criticism of the ancien regime. In 1733 Voltaire introduced him to a French audience as the "father" of the scientific method, an understanding which had become widespread by the 1750s. He has been reputed as the "Father of Experimental Philosophy"This app contains:Image quotes of Francis Bacon option to Set-picture-as but also Photo SharingFrancis Bacon Quote VideosFrancis Bacon Text Quotes Francis Bacon AudiobookAmerican Philosophy CollectionIn Our Time Philosophy Podcast It is our honor to bring you this top collection of Francis Bacon's quotes masterfully handpicked to inspire but also pay a tribute to the father of the scientific method.His works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. Most importantly, he argued this could be achieved by use of a skeptical and methodical approach whereby scientists aim to avoid misleading themselves.
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