Article ID: CBB815665162

Dissecting Nature ad vivum: Parts and Wholes in Francis Bacon’s Natural Philosophy (2022)

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Francis Bacon’s atomism has been discussed in the literature from the restricted perspective related to his appetitive matter theory. In this paper I will approach Bacon’s atomism differently, from the perspective of his numerous attempts to define and determine concrete, individual bodies, subject to experimental trials. I show that what Bacon finds useful about Democritian atomism is that it uses division as a method of investigation and a heuristic tool. Bacon is interested in division, but this is not solely for the purpose of building a matter-theory. His interest is more general and regards the ways in which experiments and the experimental investigation can be used to determine correctly the concrete bodies which undergo transformations. It is what Bacon calls «cutting nature at its joints».

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Authors & Contributors
Rusu, Doina-Cristina
Lenzi, Massimiliano
Franco D'Intino
Antonella Pagano
Elisabetta Orsini
Nicoli, Elena
Concepts
Natural philosophy
Empiricism
Philosophy
Experimental method
Baconianism
Humanism
Time Periods
Renaissance
17th century
16th century
Early modern
19th century
15th century
Places
England
Europe
Italy
Toulouse (France)
France
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