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Baconian method

 
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–noun Logic.
induction (def. 4a).
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Baconian method [(bay-koh-nee-uhn)]

A method of experimentation, created by Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century, that derives its conclusions from observed facts rather than from previous conclusions or theories.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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