asparisi comments on Greatest Philosopher in History - Less Wrong

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Comment author: asparisi 12 August 2013 11:46:10PM 1 point [-]

The New Organon, particularly Aphorisms 31-46, show not only an early attempt to diagnose human biases (what Bacon referred to as "The Idols of the Mind") but also some of the reasons why he rejected Aristotelian thought, common at the time, in favor of experimental practice.