Mmm.. Bacon

1. What does Bacon mean by "natures?"
- I think that Bacon basically is talking about everything natural.

2. What does Bacon mean by "forms?:
- I may be way off base on this but i believe that by forms he means: heat, light, sound, etc.. forms of nature..

3. Explain Bacon's Idols of the Tribe:
- Idols of the Tribe are the various aspects of human nature: race, maybe personality, morality, ethical code, etc..

4. Explain Bacon's Idols of the Cave:
- Idols of the Cave are basically idols of the individual man. By that I think he means that their needs of shelter, food, education, etc..

5. Explain Bacon's Idols of the Marketplace:
- Idols of the Marketplace are formed by interaction between an individual and their surroundings, neighbors, and society in general..

6. Explain Bacon's Idols of the Theatre:
- Idols of the Theatre are ideas that are instilled in an individual by various philosophies and from protests etc. (Maybe today commercials would fall under this category?)

7. Explain Bacon's table of presence
- Bacon's table of presence lists all the cases wherein the phenomenon exists whose formal cause is sought: for instance, heat, which appears to be present in fire, in the sun, etc. I guess things like gravity might fall under this, i am not entirely sure how to explain this...

8. Explain Bacon's table of absence
- Bacon's table of absence lists all the cases in which the phenomenon under analysis does not appear to be present: there is no heat in the light of the stars, of the moon, etc. Aite, so the sun produces light which produces heat. Right? Wrong, if this was true then why doesn't the moon produce heat. Seems quite logical to me : )

9. Explain Bacon's table of degrees
- Bacon's Table of degrees lists the increase and decrease of the given phenomenon in one object or in different objects. This third table, by leading to knowledge of the law of movement of the phenomenon, should bring us to know the formal cause (law) of the phenomenon itself. It is not always easy to arrive at a formulation of the law of the form of movement. In such a case we must be content with a temporary or working hypothesis, and await new instances, new experiments. I think this is pretty self explanatory.

10. Explain the Baconian Method as completely as you can.
- Wow. The Baconian Method is basically a way of finding similarities between two phenomenons then being able to deduce what factors match the occurrence and ones that dont. Also, you would be able to map out the change. Using all of these things you would be able to "deduce by elimination and inductive reasoning" the cause of said phenomenon.

11. What did Bacon find lacking in Aristotle?
- Bacon found that Aristotle was lacking the general theory of science, which he believed could be applied to all aspects of philosophy. Bacon's method was probably much more contemporary and sophisticated.

12. In your best judgement, how is Bacon's method related to the modern scientific method?
- I guess it could be almost like an experiment. Its a process, just as someone forms a hypothesis and continues; Bacon's method someone would choose a phenomenon to examine and go through a step by step analysis of it. I guess it kind of relates to it.