Partially Examined Life #226: Francis Bacon Invents Science (Part Two)

Continuing on Sir Francis Bacon's New Organon (1620). Hear more of this podcast at partiallyexaminedlife.com.

We cover more of Bacon's "idols" and how Bacon divides religion from science (and what this means politically). We then move on to book 2, including Bacon's novel update of the term "form," and take a look at Bacon's method of doing science by filling out tables before actually doing experiments.

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