Baconian method
Americannoun
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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
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
It overthrew the old ideas of science and gave a new meaning to the Baconian method of investigation.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
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
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