Brewer's: Baconian Philosophy

A system of philosophy based on principles laid down by Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, in the 2nd book of his Novum Organum. It is also called inductive philosophy.

Baconian Theory
The theory that Lord Bacon wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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