Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist who is credited with developing and popularizing the inductive scientific method — systematic observation, experiment, and inference from evidence — in works including The Advancement of Learning (1605) and Novum Organum (1620). His critique of scholastic deductive reasoning and his vision of science as a collective, cumulative, and practically beneficial enterprise helped launch the Scientific Revolution. As Lord Chancellor under James I, he was also one of the most powerful legal and political figures of his era.
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued for the importance of natural philosophy, guided by the scientific method, and his works remained influential throughout the Scientific Revolution.
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