Francis Bacon and Jacobean legitimation

Francis Bacon and socialized science

Francis Bacon and the style of science

There is a very large literature on Bacon and his proposals for scientific enquiry, but so far no one has studied carefully his style of writing, his method of communicating upon which he laid so much emphasis. Professor Stephens here presents and analyses in four chapters the style that Bacon found appropriate for scholarly and scientific writing. First he deals with the problems facing Bacon,...

Psychopathology in Art—Meditation on Francis Bacon

the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery to Sutton Place, that magnificent Tudor Mansion, formerly the home of the American millionaire oil magnate and art collector, J. Paul Getty. It is now leased by another American art collector, Mr Stanley J. Seeger and houses his collection of pictures by contemporary artists. Occupying pride of place in the Great Hall is a Triptych by Francis Bacon. From a dis...

Francis Bacon. Discovery and the art of discourse

This anthology is most welcome and can be enthusiastically recommended to those who wish to know more ofJapanese science in order to achieve a more complete, international coverage of the history of science. Moreover and more importantly, the opportunity of observing a different approach to science, whereby problems that also exercise the West are tackled from a different angle, is of great sig...

The winding stair. Francis Bacon, his rise and fall

Reviewed by Kenneth Dewhurst, D.Phil., F.R.C.Psych., D.P.M., The Manor House, Sandford-onThames, Oxford 0X4 4YN. To the scientist and physician Francis Bacon evokes thoughts of such philosophical works as The advancement of learning and Instauratio Magna which provided the theoretical framework for the rise of the empirical method in Commonwealth and Restoration England. Lawyers, on the other h...