This is much more than the haphazard investigations that characterised “natural philosophy” in Bacon’s time: this is recognisable science. Quite early on in his career, Francis Bacon ...

If we don’t make a fundamental change to the way we are living, the world faces the destruction of entire eco-systems, flooding of coastal areas, and ever more extreme weather. Such was the stark ...

Bacon helped usher in the scientific revolution. If we're serious about combatting global warming, we should follow his example. Francis Bacon: the 17th-century philosopher whose scientific ideas ...

Identifying problems: Francis Bacon wrote a treatise in 1620 to encourage scientific study. (Courtesy: Science Source/Science Photo Library) The British scientist and philosopher Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon was a devout Anglican remembered for ... Bacon divided knowledge into philosophy, or natural knowledge, and divinity, or inspired revelation. Though he insisted that philosophy ...

Opinion: 17th century philosopher Francis Bacon is playing a role in the urgent contest over the heart and soul of climate action One of the other issues that the Citizens’ Assembly discussed ...

Francis Bacon, social networking superstar, strikes a pose ca. 1618. ... There's the creepy painter. And then there's Francis Bacon, the English philosopher and statesman who ...

Was Bacon a hero or villain of science? (Courtesy: Sheila Terry/Science Photo Library) Francis Bacon – the Elizabethan philosopher, not the 20th-century painter – seems to inflame people. Hillary ...

In his 1981 book, Francis Bacon: Logique de la sensation, French philosopher Gilles Deleuze attempted to get under Bacon’s skin, writing that the artist “…pursues a very peculiar project as ...