Question

How was Francis Bacon’s process of basing discovery on observation and experimentation different from medieval ways of thinking? A. Medieval ways of thinking were based on logic and mathematics. B. Medieval ways of thinking were based on hypothesis and empiricism. C. Medieval ways of thinking were based on traditional beliefs. D. Medieval ways of thinking were based on pagan religions.

Answer 1

Francis Bacon’s process of basing discovery on observation and experimentation different from medieval ways of thinking as "Medieval ways of thinking were based on traditional beliefs".

Option: C

Explanation:

A famous philosopher, politician, lawyer and English writer, father of philosophical and scientific empiricism, was Francis Bacon, first Baron Verulam, first Viscount of Saint Albansy Chancellor of England.

He established an empirical doctrine of science in his "De dignitate et augmentis scientiarumn" (From the dignification and improvement of Science) and stated in his Novum organum the principles of experimental scientific process which made him one of the pioneers of modern scientific thinking. He developed the genre of essay in England too.