Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey

Autores
Manzo, Silvia
Año de publicación
2012
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The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon's theory and practice of natural history and of civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try to show that the obvious differences concerning their subject matter encompass a number of less obvious methodological and philosophical assumptions which reveal a significant practical and con ceptual convergence of the two fields. Causes or axioms are prescribed as the theoretical end-products of natural history, whereas precepts are envisaged as the speculative outcomes derived from perfect civil history. In spite of this difference, causes and precepts are thought to enable effective action in order to change the state of nature and of man, respectively. For that reason a number of common patterns are to be found in Bacon's theory and practice of natural and civil history.
Fil: Manzo, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
Fuente
Early Science and Medicine, 17, 32-61. (2012)
ISBN 1573-3823
Materia
Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
spellingShingle Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
Manzo, Silvia
Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
title_short Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_full Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_fullStr Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_full_unstemmed Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
title_sort Francis Bacon's Natural History and Civil History: A Comparative Survey
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Manzo, Silvia
author Manzo, Silvia
author_facet Manzo, Silvia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
topic Filosofía
Causes
Civil history
Civil philosophy
Francis Bacon
Historiography
Moral philosophy
Natural history
Natural philosophy
Precepts
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of this paper is to offer a comparative survey of Bacon's theory and practice of natural history and of civil history, particularly centered on their relationship to natural philosophy and human philosophy. I will try to show that the obvious differences concerning their subject matter encompass a number of less obvious methodological and philosophical assumptions which reveal a significant practical and con ceptual convergence of the two fields. Causes or axioms are prescribed as the theoretical end-products of natural history, whereas precepts are envisaged as the speculative outcomes derived from perfect civil history. In spite of this difference, causes and precepts are thought to enable effective action in order to change the state of nature and of man, respectively. For that reason a number of common patterns are to be found in Bacon's theory and practice of natural and civil history.
Fil: Manzo, Silvia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (UNLP-CONICET); Argentina.
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