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Canonball
In this podcast we discuss the European literary canon and the history, culture, philosophy, art, and science that surrounds it.
Canonball
Discussing "Novum Organum" By Francis Bacon
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Novum Organum," which Francis Bacon wrote and which was published in 1620.
Bacon's Life, Career, And Corruption Charges
The Novum Organum And Its Language
The Ancient Greeks And The Possibility Of Knowledge
New Results Require A New Method; When Logic Is An Obstacle
The Two Ways Of Discovering Truth
The Position Of A Hardline Skepticism
Four Classes Of Idols That "Beset Men's Minds"
How Chain Ourselves To Our Preconceived Notions In The Face Of Evidence
The Drowned Worshipper Problem, How Science Progresses, And The File Drawer Problem
What Strikes The Senses
How People Get Attached To Certain Ideas
A Skeptical Maxim, More On The Idols Of The Marketplace
Two Kinds Of Confusion That Result From Words
Undue Inclination Toward Antiquity Or Novelty
Balancing The Unreliability Of The Senses With The Primacy Of Experience; Distinguishing Experience From Experiment
A Great Metaphor For The Position Of Assemblage Of Reasoning And Experience
Induction And Future Discoveries
A Note About Math
How Bacon's Method Can Be Applied To Modern Fields
The Strength And Limitation Of Bacon's View
Closing