1, FrancisBacon (Francis Bacon, 156 1 year 1 April 22nd-1April 9th, 626), the first viscount St. Alben (1stViscountStAlban), British literature and art. British materialist philosopher, the founder of experimental science, the founder of modern induction and the pioneer of logical organization of scientific research procedures. His major works include New Tools, On the Improvement of Science and Great Rejuvenation of Learning.

2. Bacon's greatest contribution to philosophy is that he put forward a series of principles of materialist empiricism; Formulated a systematic inductive logic, emphasizing the role of experiments in understanding. It has greatly promoted the pioneering materialist empiricism philosophy. The method of studying nature by empirical observation is based on the profound analysis of objective objects. This objective grasp of the material world has a profound role in promoting the formation of British materialism. After Bacon, Hobbes systematized and lopsided the materialism tradition initiated by Bacon, forming a typical mechanical materialism in the modern sense. Bacon's empiricism epistemology, demonstrated and developed by Hobbes and Locke, formed a systematic materialist empiricism thought; Bacon's method of separating the whole and trying to grasp the essence brought a theoretical basis to idealism metaphysics.