Title: Francis Bacon of Verulam. Realistic philosophy and its age.
Authors: Fischer, Kuno, 1824-1907.; Oxenford, John, 1812-1877,; Oxenford, John, 1812-1877,
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts,
Year: 1857
Subjects: Bacon, Francis,
Contents: I. Bacon of Verulam as a moral and scientific character -- II. Invention as the problem of the Baconian philosophy -- III. Experience as the means of invention -- IV. True induction as the method of experience -- V. Prerogative instances as aids to induction. Natural analogies as prerogative instances -- VI. The philosophy of Bacon in its relation to the philosophy preceding it -- VII. The Baconian philosophy in its relation to poetry -- VIII. The Baconian philosophy as the "Instauratio Magna" of science -- IX. The Baconian philosophy as an encyclopaedia of the sciences -- X. The Baconian philosophy in its relation to religion -- XI. The Baconian principle of faith in its development -- XII. The Baconian philosophy considered in its relation to history and the present -- XIII. The progress of the Baconian philosophy