In His Novum Organum, Bacon Objected to

question 25

Multiple Choice

In his Novum Organum, Bacon objected to

• A) the corruption of science by superstition and theology.
• B) an overreliance on inductive reasoning.
• C) the use of science to question Christian dogma.
• D) knowledge based on observation rather than on reason.

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