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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Baconian method

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

The Baconian method of collating tables of instances may be a useful aid at certain times.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

The inductive method, or the "Baconian" method of observation and experiment, began to bear rich fruits.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

One can hardly see how the Baconian method could have applied to concrete substances.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

What can be more noble than the Baconian method?

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry