FRANCIS BACON

A RENAISSANCE MAN WITH A BETTER PLAN

• He was a strong believer in both god and science
• Believed that when the two are combined, that is true wisdom.
• Thought that knowledge only came from a sensory experience
• Also a jurist, orator, and author
• Ironically died of pneumonia while studying effects of freezing meat

EMPIRICISM

• The idea that knowledge comes from sensory experience
• Francis bacon created Empiricism
• May have been an expansion of tabula rasa
• Was often used in early British philosophy
• Also used in early British science

BASIC INFO

• Born Jan 22, 1561
• Died April 9, 1626
• Hometown is London, England
• Worked in parliament

BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS

• Achieved solicitor general in 1607 and attorney general in 1613
• Kept his place in parliament for 4 decades (1584-1617)
• Scientific method based on his ideas and methods

SOURCES

• http://www.biography.com/people/francis-bacon-9194632
• http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/
• http://www.famousscientists.org/francis-bacon/

QUOTES

• "Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper"
• "By far the best proof is experience"

HIS EFFECT ON THE MODERN WORLD

• Everyone uses scientific method still
• We say "you don't know until you try it" which is based on his beliefs

HUMANISM

• He was interested in the sciences of life and death
• Studied causes of death
• Studied the human body which is contributing to humanism