Publication of Bacon's Novum Organum

Name: Publication of Bacon's Novum Organum
Start: 1620

Type Event Region Europe Time 1620

In 1620, English philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon published the Latin work Novum Organum in London, as the core part of his unfinished Instaur…

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1620London · LondonBacon issued the work under the title Novum Organum, replacing the old Aristotelian logic of the Organon with Baconian induction tables and experimental procedures, calling for expanding humanity's mastery of nature through planned natural-history collection and experimental testing.

Sources

Francis Bacon https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Bacon-Viscount-Saint-Alban
Novum Organum https://www.britannica.com/topic/Novum-Organum