Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Bacon Idols

An idol made out of bacon? No, that was just a lie to lure you to read my blog about the idols of Francis Bacon!

1) Idols of Tribes
This idol describes the bias' that come about as a result of people jumping to conclusions.  Bacon was pointing out the necessity of investigation because without it we base our ideas of a false conclusion.

2) Idols of the CAVE!
The education system is creating idols through the education system

3) Idols of the Market Place
These are created by the intercourse of men with eachother. T_T  NO! It means that when men talk, the language that they use create bias's.  Like the whole idea that white is pure while black is dirty.

4) Idols of theatre
Mr. Posito would hate this one.  Bacon says that the western world has ignored too many scholars and only focused on a few.  FOR SHAME


I just realised i never told you knid folk what the idols mean.

As Francis Bacon rose to power, he said that the education system was horrid.  He advocated a reform for the education system which required avoiding the above things!