Article ID: CBB629362291

Disciplining Experience: Francis Bacon’s Experimental Series and the Art of Experimenting (2015)

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This article is an investigation into the rationale and the structure of order of Francis Bacon’s natural and experimental histories. My aim is to show that these natural histories are mainly composed of experimental series, i.e. methodologically organized recordings of experimental inquiries. Bacon’s experimental series have a double purpose: heuristic and pedagogical. They direct and encode the “good” experimental practices, while also teaching the neophyte how to become a Baconian experimenter. In this article, I discuss the key elements of Bacon’s methodology of experimentation which play an essential role in the generation of experimental series.

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Authors & Contributors
Jalobeanu, Dana
Rusu, Doina-Cristina
Pastorino, Cesare
Vanzo, Alberto
Schuster, John A.
Parageau, Sandrine
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Experiments and experimentation
Experimental method
Philosophy
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Natural history
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
18th century
Places
England
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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