A NEW FORM OF KNOWLEDGE: EXPERIENTIA LITERATA In this paper, I assess Francis Bacon’s methodological
considerations on the process of experimentation in order to show that
experiments and experimentation have a productive role in his scientific
inquiry. By looking at the structure of the problems selected for
investigation, and at the ways they are addressed in the History of the Winds, I
emphasize some of the epistemic functions of the experimentation process:
the generation of new unknown effects, direct and essential contribution to
conceptual innovation, the extension of the domain of research, and the
pinning down of the essential factors for producing the particular
effect/phenomenon that is under study.
A NEW FORM OF KNOWLEDGE: EXPERIENTIA LITERATA.

SOCIETATE ŞI POLITICĂ

Volum 5 | Număr 10 | Publicat la 15/11/2011 | ISSN  1843-1348 | eISSN  2067-7812

Autori:
Laura GEORGESCU [1]
[1] University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Theoretical Philosophy
Rezumat
In this paper, I assess Francis Bacon’s methodological
considerations on the process of experimentation in order to show that
experiments and experimentation have a productive role in his scientific
inquiry. By looking at the structure of the problems selected for
investigation, and at the ways they are addressed in the History of the Winds, I
emphasize some of the epistemic functions of the experimentation process:
the generation of new unknown effects, direct and essential contribution to
conceptual innovation, the extension of the domain of research, and the
pinning down of the essential factors for producing the particular
effect/phenomenon that is under study.
Cuvinte cheie:
Francis Bacon, experientia literata, History of the Winds, experiment, natural history, methodology
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