| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
xii, 476 pages : portrait ; 24 cm |
| Series |
PsycBOOKS.
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| Summary |
"Bacon's object in this work was to show the necessity of advancing knowledge, to justify learning by setting forth its dignity and true value. In pursuance of this end, he describes and classifies the existing sciences, showing, as he himself says, "not only things invented and known, but likewise things omitted which ought to be there." By exhibiting the defects of the existing sciences, and showing the possibility of filling up the gaps, he hoped to incite others to undertake the work. He will ring the bell, as he puts it, to call the wits together. Moreover, he feels it to be no small part of his duty to remove the hindrances which have so long retarded the advance of knowledge, and in particular to expose the pretensions of the Aristotelian philosophy, which seem to him the source of so much mischief"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource;. |
| Subject |
Methodology.
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Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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Logic.
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Logic. (OCoLC)fst01002014
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Methodology. (OCoLC)fst01018722
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| Genre/Form |
Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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| Added Author |
Creighton, James Edwin, 1861-1924.
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
Novum organum.
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| Added Title |
Advancement of learning. 1944
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Advancement of learning ; and, Novum organum |
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