The new organon / Francis Bacon ; edited by Lisa Jardine, Michael Silverthorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Contributor:

Jardine, Lisa.

Silverthorne, Michael

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Standardized Title:

Novum organum. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Induction (Logic)--Early works to 1800.

Induction (Logic).

Science--Methodology--Early works to 1800.

Science.

Science--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 252 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Summary:

Francis Bacon's New Organon, published in 1620, was revolutionary in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimental science. It challenged the entire edifice of the philosophy and learning of Bacon's time, and left its mark on all subsequent discussions of scientific method. This volume presents a new translation of the text into modern English by Michael Silverthorne, together with an introduction by Lisa Jardine that sets the work in the context of Bacon's scientific and philosophical activities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0521563992 hb

0521564832 pb

OCLC:

41156364