Bacon's Doctrine of Forms: A Study of Seventeenth-Century Eclecticism

Prawo czy forma? Francisa Bacona koncepcja prawidłowości w przyrodzie

“…Przyjrzyjmy się zatem najpierw cechom przypisywanym formie w AL i NO (por. Ryle 1894-1895, Whitaker 1970, Zagorin 1999, by móc je następnie "zaklasyfikować" pod względem pochodzenia i związków ideowych.…”

From the More Geometrico to the More Algebraico: d’Alembert and the Enlightenment’s Transformation of Systematic Order

“…15 Some authors, such as Whitaker (1970), go as far as suggesting that Bacon's concept of a form is indefinite, and this because it harks back to a variety of concepts from other philosophies. For an overview of the literature's indecision with regard to Bacon's forms, as well as a recent attempt to remedy it, see Fletcher 2005.…”

As atitudes de Francis Bacon mudaram em relação ao papel da matemática na filosofia natural entre 1605 e 1623?

“…For the classification of sciences in Baconian philosophy, seeAnstey (2012) andKusukawa (1996). For Baconian forms, seeWhitaker (1970),Horton (1973, p. 243-244) andRusu (2013, p. 192-197). On the rejection of inquiries into final causes in Baconian natural philosophy, seePérez-Ramos (1988, p. 162) andQuinton (1993, p. 160).6 Bacon defines the parts of pure mathematics as follows: "These are two, Geometry and Arithmetic; the one handling quantity continued, and the other dissevered"(Bacon, De augmentis, SEH IV, p. 370).7 Bacon also uses the term 'axiom' for cause, such as 'formal axioms' instead of 'formal causes'.8 In De Augmentis Scientiarum, Bacon states:…”