Opis: A Critical History of Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Mahan Asa

Excerpt from A Critical History of Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2

What is denominated the Modern Evolution in Philosophy begins with Sir Francis Bacon(1561 1626), who is regarded as the author of the inductive method in science. To comprehend the Evolution under consideration, we must attain to a clear and distinct understanding of the true idea of science, on the one hand, and of the method in science really developed by Bacon on the other. 'The sciences,' says Bacon, 'have hitherto been in a most sad condition. Philosophy, wasted in empty and fruitless logomachies, has failed during so many centuries to bring out a single work or experiment of actual benefit to human life. Logic hitherto has served more to the establishment of error than to the investigation of truth. Whence all this Why this penury of the sciences Simply because they have broken away from their root in nature and experience. The blame of this is chargeable to many sources; first, the old and rooted prejudice that the human mind loses somewhat of its dignity when it busies itself much and continuously with experiments and material things; next, superstition and blind religious zeal, which has been the most irreconcilable opposer to Natural Philosophy; again, the exclusive attention paid to morals and politics by the Romans, and since the Christian Era to theology by every acute mind; still farther, the great authority which certain philosophers have professed, and the great reverence given to antiquity; and, in fine, a want of courage and a despair of overcoming the many and great difficulties which lie in the way of the investigation of nature.

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Szczegóły: A Critical History of Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Mahan Asa

Nazwa: A Critical History of Philosophy, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Mahan Asa
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330153178
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 454
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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