Baconian theory
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Baconian theory
First recorded in 1870–75
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The Baconian theory of induction regarded the accumulation of facts and the derivation of general principles and laws from them as the true and fruitful method of science.
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Stratford-on-Avon, and the Baconian theory, 2, 166.
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Irresponsible newspaper correspondents, when attacking the Baconian theory, indulge in epithets of this kind, but it is amazing that any man occupying a position so responsible as that of an English judge should, either through ignorance or with a desire to be considered a wit, make use of such a term.
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Others spend much time on such nonsense as the Baconian theory—hours which they might devote to a close and loving study of the greatest plays the world has ever seen.
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Baconian Theory, its absurdity, 14, 15.Balzac,
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