Baconian method

American  

noun

Logic.

1. induction.

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Baconian method Cultural  

1. A method of experimentation, created by Francis Bacon (see also Bacon) in the seventeenth century, that derives its conclusions from observed facts rather than from previous conclusions or theories.

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Example Sentences

Among the contenders for the method, the Baconian method involved cataloguing many experiences of phenomena, then figuring out how to classify them.

From Scientific American • Mar. 5, 2013

When it was discovered that the whole structure of philosophy was without foundation, a new order of procedure was recommended—the Baconian method.

From On Limitations To The Use Of Some Anthropologic Data by Powell, John Wesley

Instead of accepting the validity of clear ideas, as Descartes and Spinoza did, he adopted the Baconian method, and opened the inquiry into the origin and formation of ideas.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

This is to evade the Baconian method, humble and wise, and crawl back to the lazy and self-confident system of the ancients, that kept the world dark so many centuries.

From Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Reade, Charles

If he is a theologian the first moment he gives himself up to meditation, he is on the road to the Baconian method the very day he begins to labour.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various