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newton's principia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica
paper coming up
http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/article-10343
bacon's tirade against rational creatures
humans interp nature
idols of the mind are primary hindrance
idols of the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baconian_method
order
projection of order
when we infuse nature with a regularity
we like regularity
http://www.sirbacon.org/links/4idols.htm
what we are on the look out for is order and regularity in nature
Bacon also listed what he called the Idols of The Mind. He described these as things which obstructed the path of correct scientific reasoning.
- Idols of the Tribe (Idola Tribus): This is humans' tendency to perceive more order and regularity in systems than truly exists, and is due to people following their preconceived ideas about things.
- Idols of the Cave (Idola Specus): This is due to individuals' personal weaknesses in reasoning due to particular personalities, likes and dislikes.
- Idols of the Marketplace (Idola Fori): This is due to confusions in the use of language and taking some words in science to have a different meaning than their common usage.
- Idols of the Theatre: This is the following of academic dogma and not asking questions about the world.
cognitive biases
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