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Experimental Science and Mathematics in Roger Bacon's Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

N. W. Fisher
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Sabetai Unguru
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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It has been some years since any attempt has been made at a comprehensive re-evaluation of the work of Roger Bacon, although he is perhaps as alluring and mystifying as ever, and more or less creditable studies of various aspects of his work continue to emerge at regular intervals. For the most part, these do little to dispel the myths and countermyths that have always surrounded Bacon's work. The main source of this confusion must obviously be Bacon himself. By diligent searching in his various works and fragments of works, he can be made to say practically anything the commentator wants him to say.

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