Definition of novum organum in English Turkish dictionary
(Felsefe) The Novum Organum iş a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as "new ınstrument". This iş a reference to Aristotle's work Organon which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. İn Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. For Bacon, finding the essence of a thing was a simple process of reduction. İn finding the cause of a phenomenal nature such as heat, öne must list all of the situations where heat iş found. Then another list should be drawn up, listing situations that are similar to those of the first list except for the lack of heat. A third table lists situations where heat can vary. The form nature, or cause, of heat must be that which iş common to all instances in the first table, iş lacking from all instances of the second table and varies by degree in instances of the third table