3-Baconian Method (inductive)
Is investigative scientific inductive method by Sir Franics Bacon; based upon collection of facts, observation, ordering to categorize & analyses.
His method was put forward in his Book “Organum 1620” was supposed to replace organon method of Aristotle.
Example: His method suggested that a scientist start with specific information about what they wished to study and use experiments to find more general theories and data.
Criticism
His method was rejected hypothesis & lacked explanatory power as compare to the deductive scientific method in current world. Even Aristotle’s power of observations were flawed.
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