The Philosophy of Francis Bacon

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This paper discusses Bacon's view that science and its potential should be used to amplify a nation's relationship with and understanding of God. The paper describes two of Bacon's works, "The New Atlantis" and "Novum Organum," and how they reflect his philosophy that the purpose of science is to follow the workings of God as closely as possible.

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"Although the late sixteenth century had been witness to much scientific advancement, Bacon attributed this primarily to accidental discovery rather than any systematic scientific method. He writes, "Even the effects already discovered are due to chance and experiment, rather than to the sciences; for our present sciences are nothing more than peculiar arrangements of matters already discovered, and not methods for discovery or plans for new operations." (Bacon 107). This is the major error he sees within his society: scientific achievements are heralded and used extensively but not logically understood or looked into in any efficient ways."

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