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1. French philosopher2. Author of – Discourse on Method 16373. His philosophy stressed the separation of
mind and matter = Cartesian Dualism4. Man can use reason/mathematical
thinking to understand the world5. Truth is found only through
reason/rationalism/ mathematical thought
“I THINK, THEREFORE I AM.”
FRANCIS BACON
1. English lawyer, govt official, philosopher
2. Rejected the ideas of Copernicus and Kepler
3. Can only know natural world through inductive reasoning
4. Inductive Reasoning -> from the particular to the general -> study a bunch of particular leaves to be able to make general statements about leaves
5. Inductive reason is based on empiricism
Empiricism = knowledge comes from observation and experience
This is the foundation of the scientific/experimental method