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Taras Shevchenko 6th International Congress on Social Sciences, Kyyiv, Ukraine, 4 - 05 April 2021, vol.3, no.1, pp.940-945, (Full Text)
The 17th century witnessed a tremendous
transformation of the concept of truth, which was marked by loss of power of
scholasticism and strict religious doctrines. The development of science
contributed greatly to this loss as it was the main factor in great changes
throughout the world. Whereas scholastic approaches sought for truth in the
metaphysical realm, scientific methods described truth in empirical terms. The
age necessitated the belief in the validity of scientific descriptions of
reality rather than the belief in metaphysical explanations related to the
transcendental notions. Francis Bacon (1561-1626), an important figure in
English philosophy and writing, is regarded as the one who endorsed development
in science. However, he did not condemn metaphysical doctrines as the forces
that precluded scientific progress. This study is going to underline the fact
that it would be inadequate to analyse Bacon’s works in terms of his complete
rejection of metaphysics. It focuses on Bacon’s The Proficience and Advancement of Learning and stresses that this
essay unveils Bacon’s closeness to the notion of metaphysical realm in the
understanding and acquiring of science. This study also concludes that Bacon
was a quite clear-sighted philosopher as he was able to see that science was
becoming one of the most vital parts of human beings’ lives.