| The Essays of Francis Bacon Contributor(s): Bacon, Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1482684810 ISBN-13: 9781482684810 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Essays - Philosophy | Logic - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.59 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban, Kt., KC (22 January 1561 - 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. Bacon has been called the creator of empiricism. His works established and popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. Bacon was knighted in 1603, and created both the Baron Verulam in 1618 and the Viscount St. Alban in 1621; as he died without heirs, both peerages became extinct upon his death. He famously died by contracting pneumonia while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat, bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments. This is a collection of his treasured works. |