Francis Bacon's Four Idols - Revision history

Eric Rasmusen at 01:51, 7 January 2024

2024-01-07T01:51:28Z

Rasmusen p1vaim: /* The Four Idols */

2022-07-04T00:32:08Z

‎The Four Idols

Rasmusen p1vaim: /* The Four Idols, from My G406 Slides */

2022-07-04T00:30:55Z

‎The Four Idols, from My G406 Slides

Erasmuse: /* Idols of the Marketplace */

2021-03-26T14:42:48Z

‎Idols of the Marketplace

Erasmuse: /* Idols of the Cave */

2021-03-26T14:42:30Z

‎Idols of the Cave

Erasmuse at 14:42, 26 March 2021

2021-03-26T14:42:10Z

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==The Four Idols, from My G406 Slides==
'''Idols of the Tribe.''' Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics. Not thinking logically.

'''Idols of the Cave.''' Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc. Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s Republic’s Cave Allegory.

'''Idols of the Marketplace.''' Misleading ideas arising from thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.

'''Idols of the Theatre.''' Misleading ideas propounded by learned men and accepted by everyone else without question. The idea that bleeding cures illnesses.

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 ==Idols of the Tribe==
-  Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics.  Not think
+Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics.  Not thinking logically.
 ==Idols of the Cave==
-Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc.  Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s Republic’s Cave Allegory.
+Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc. Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s ''Republic''’s Cave Allegory.
 ==Idols of the Marketplace==
-Misleading ideas arising from  thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
+*Misleading ideas arising from  thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
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-Political philosophy professors have  a lot to learn from law-- in particular, the idea that if you look at specific examples, it really concentrates your thinking and brings out the real issues, piercing through the   cloud of  meaningless jargon that we academics tend to exhale. Actually, I guess we in economics could benefit from the same idea, though our exhalations tend to be mathematical.
+*Political philosophy professors have  a lot to learn from law-- in particular, the idea that if you look at specific examples,it really concentrates your thinking and brings out the real issues, piercing through the cloud of meaningless jargon that we academics tend to exhale. Actually, I guess we in economics could benefit from the same idea, though our exhalations tend to be mathematical.
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 ==Idols of the Theatre==
- Misleading ideas propounded by learned men and accepted by everyone else without question. The idea that bleeding cures illnesses.
+*Misleading ideas propounded by learned men and accepted by everyone else without question. The idea that bleeding cures illnesses.
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	==The Four Idols==		==The Four Idols==
		+	The [https://fs.blog/francis-bacon-four-idols-mind/ Farnam Street blog article] on them is quite good, with excerpts from Bacon's ''Novum Organum.''
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	'''Idols of the Tribe.''' Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics. Not thinking logically.		'''Idols of the Tribe.''' Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics. Not thinking logically.

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 ==Idols of the Marketplace==
-  Misleading ideas arising from  thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
+Misleading ideas arising from  thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
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 Political philosophy professors have  a lot to learn from law-- in particular, the idea that if you look at specific examples, it really concentrates your thinking and brings out the real issues, piercing through the   cloud of  meaningless jargon that we academics tend to exhale. Actually, I guess we in economics could benefit from the same idea, though our exhalations tend to be mathematical.
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 ==Idols of the Theatre==

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 ==Idols of the Cave==
- Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc.  Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s Republic’s Cave Allegory.
+Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc.  Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s Republic’s Cave Allegory.
 ==Idols of the Marketplace==

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		+	==Idols of the Cave==
		+	Misleading ideas in the mind of an individual due to his temperament, education, etc. Thinking like an economist (“maximize surplus”), or an epidemiologist (“save lives”), or an engineer (“make it strong”) or a modern American. Plato’s Republic’s Cave Allegory.
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		+	==Idols of the Marketplace==
		+	Misleading ideas arising from thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
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		+	Political philosophy professors have a lot to learn from law-- in particular, the idea that if you look at specific examples, it really concentrates your thinking and brings out the real issues, piercing through the cloud of meaningless jargon that we academics tend to exhale. Actually, I guess we in economics could benefit from the same idea, though our exhalations tend to be mathematical.
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		+	==Idols of the Theatre==
		+	Misleading ideas propounded by learned men and accepted by everyone else without question. The idea that bleeding cures illnesses.
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 '''Idols of the Tribe.'''  Misleading ideas inherent in the mind of man. Not understanding statistics.  Not thinking logically.
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 '''Idols of the Marketplace.'''  Misleading ideas arising from  thinking in terms of words instead of reality. Freedom of Speech, but if you disagree with it, you don’t think of it as Speech. “Essential services” during an epidemic.
 '''Idols of the Theatre.''' Misleading ideas propounded by learned men and accepted by everyone else without question. The idea that bleeding cures illnesses.
 ==Idols of the Tribe==