HIST 3A Lecture Notes - Lecture 98: Robert Hooke, Uraniborg, Galilean Moons
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History 3a final study guide: three baconian inventions: francis bacon was a 16th century philosopher who wanted a system to develop and use knowledge to help the world. Bacon faults aristotle"s syllogisms and details his own system of logic using induction which he believes to be superior. He supports his ideas and introduces the four fallacies of his time by identifying them as the four idols: idols of the tribe, idols of the cave, idols of the theatre, and idols of the. Marketplace: importance: the new organon is important because it was a challenge to the established aristotelian order that gave scholars a new method to gather knowledge and inspired the creation of the royal society and contributed to. Aristotelian order: robert boyle: robert boyle was a 17th century natural philosopher and chemist who is regarded today as one of the first modern chemists. He helped lead the royal society and experimented on gasses.
