Baconian (redirected from Baconians)

Ba·co·ni·an  (b-kn-n)

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the works or thought of the philosopher Francis Bacon.

n.

1. A follower of the doctrines of Francis Bacon.

2. One who believes in the Baconian theory.

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Baconian [beɪˈkəʊnɪən]

adj

(Philosophy) of or relating to Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, or to his inductive method of reasoning

n

1. (Philosophy) a follower of Bacon's philosophy

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Movements) one who believes that plays attributed to Shakespeare were written by Bacon