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Novum Organum

Novum Organum

Sep 19, 2019 by Ruby

In 1620, Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum was published. Though the work might be succinctly described as Bacon’s views on empiricism and inductivism, it is far more than a list of experimental steps to be followed. It is an entire epistemology and philosophy—possibly the epistemology and philosophy which underlay the Scientific Revolution.

In light of its value as a rationalist text, its historical influence on the progress of science, and its general expression of the philosophy and vision which guides LessWrong 2.0, the moderation team has seen fit to publish Novum Organum as a LessWrong sequence.

Book 2
11Nature's Hidden Processes and Structures (Novum Organum Book 2: 1-9)
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16Tables of Presence, Nearby Absence, & Degrees of Intensity (Novum Organum Book 2: 10-14)
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13A First Sketch of the Nature of Heat (Novum Organum Book 2: 15-25)
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Book 1
86Novum Organum: Introduction
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55Novum Organum: Preface
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38The Inadequacy of Current Science (Novum Organum Book 1: 1-37)
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27Idols of the Mind Pt. 1 (Novum Organum Book 1: 38–52)
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28Idols of the Mind Pt. 2 (Novum Organum Book 1: 53-68)
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34 13 Causes of Bad Science (Novum Organum Book 1: 69-92)
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33The Baconian Method (Novum Organum Book 1: 93-107)
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23Reasons for Hope & Objection Preemption (Novum Organum Book 1: 108-130)
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