Francis Bacon’S Qualification as A Principal Empiricist Philosopher

Chinenye Leo Ochulor

Abstract


The purpose of this paper is to determine if there is any basis for regarding Francis Bacon as a principal empiricist philosopher. This involves effort to determine what constitutes, in essence, the qualities of a principal empiricist philosopher. Are there any criteria that qualify one as a principal empiricist philosopher? Proceeding with this inquiry, our paper examines, on the one hand, the views of those who argue in defence of Bacon’s qualification as a principal empiricist philosopher. Here it is argued that there is no empiricism without Bacon. That is to say, for this group of thinkers, modern empiricism is the brain child of Francis Bacon. It uses inductive methodology and it got adequate attention, in the period, from Francis Bacon. On the part of those opposed to Bacon’s qualification as a principal empiricist philosopher, it is argued that Bacon’s philosophy is a scientifically centered system of thinking and lacks argumentative ingredients of a good philosophy, its empiricist background notwithstanding. After a critical examination of the above views, amongst others, we discovered that empiricism, from the epistemological point of view, is opposed to rationalism in its attitude to the question of innatism. Bacon did not tackle this question of innatism. Again Bacon did not question the intellectual powers of man. In the opinion of our paper, therefore, the facts that Bacon neither tackled the epistemological question of innatism nor questioned the intellectual powers of man disqualify him as a principal empiricist philosopher.
Key words: Principal; Empiricism; Intellectual power; Innate Idea

Résumé
Le but de cet article est de déterminer s'il existe une base pour ce qui concerne Francis Bacon comme un philosophe empiriste principaux. Cela implique des efforts pour déterminer ce qui constitue, en substance, les qualités principales d'un philosophe empiriste. Y at-il des critères qui qualifient l'un comme un philosophe empiriste principaux? En procédant à cette enquête, notre document examine, d'une part, les opinions de ceux qui soutiennent dans la défense de la qualification de Bacon comme un philosophe empiriste principaux. Ici, il est soutenu qu'il n'y a aucune empirisme sans Bacon. C'est-à-dire, pour ce groupe de penseurs, l'empirisme moderne est l'enfant chéri de Francis Bacon. Il utilise la méthode inductive et il a obtenu une attention adéquate, dans la période, passant de Francis Bacon. De la part de ceux qui s'opposent à la qualification de Bacon comme un philosophe empiriste principaux, il est soutenu que la philosophie de Bacon est un système centré sur la pensée scientifique et manque ingrédients argumentatif d'une bonne philosophie, son contexte empiriste nonobstant. Après un examen critique des points de vue ci-dessus, parmi d'autres, nous avons découvert que l'empirisme, du point de vue épistémologique, est opposé au rationalisme dans son attitude sur la question de innéisme. Bacon n'a pas abordé cette question de innéisme. Encore une fois Bacon n'a pas remis en question les capacités intellectuelles de l'homme. De l'avis de notre journal, par conséquent, les faits que Bacon, ni abordé la question épistémologique de innéisme, ni remis en question les capacités intellectuelles de l'homme le disqualifier en tant que le principal philosophe empiriste.
Mots clés: Principal; Empirisme; Puissance intellectuelle; Idée innée


Keywords


Principal; Empirisme; Principal; Empiricism; Intellectual power; Innate Idea;Puissance intellectuelle; Idée innée;



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/J.css.1923669720110705.270

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