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

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

The severest requirements of the Baconian method of induction—requirements which have been notoriously disregarded by men of science in the investigation of Nature—remain in force as regards the students of history.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various

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