Francis Bacon (22 January 1561-9 April 1626)was an English philosopher,statesman,scientist,lawer,jurist and author.He was one of the pioneers of modern scientific thought.He developed and investigative method called Baconian method
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The Baconian method consists of procedures for isolating the form nature,or cause of a phenomenon,including the method of agreement,method of difference,and method of concomitant variation.Bacon suggests that you draw up a list of all things in which the phenomenon you are trying to explain occurs, as well as a list of things in which it does not occur. Then you rank your lists according to the degree in which the phenomenon occurs in each one. Then you should be able to deduce what factors match the occurrence of the phenomenon in one list and don't occur in the other list,and also what factors change in accordance with the data had been ranked.Francis Bacon was a main influence in Eadweard Muybridge work.I think for this project it's quite relevant to appreciate this method by Bacon to deduce by elimination and general conclusion what is the cause underlying the phenomenon
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