Francis Bacon's "Four Imaginations" And Its Contemporary Value

Undoubtedly,among many materialistic philosophers,Francis Bacon is one of the most outstanding.He devoted his whole life to achieving the "great rejuvenation" of science.To this end,he wrote "Great Rejuvenation" with "The New Organon" as the main body,he put forward the famous scientific method of induction and "Four Idols " in this book.The author will use this book as the theoretical basis to explore the "Four Idols".The thesis is mainly composed of four parts.The first part clarifies the significance of this topic.Francis Bacon's greatest contribution is philosophy that let him go down in history.His philosophy has a stable and lasting effect.He ended the old era of scholasticism based on theology,It has opened up a new era of experience philosophy as a means of studying perceptual nature.He is an outstanding materialist philosopher.The second part firstly introduces Bacon's family background,the process of studying and career experience,historical status,in order to understand his philosophy.Bacon spent his life in officialdom to gain more power,wealth,and talent to help achieve scientific reform.Then analyzed the background of Bacon's philosophy from the reverse of several aspects such as the British bourgeois revolution,the humanistic trend of thought,the modern natural sciences,and the British materialist tradition.Finally,the author analyzes the background and significance of "The New Organon".The New Organon " criticize traditional philosophy,also made a more elaborate description of ”The New Organon",the scientific induction proposed by Bacon pioneered the theory of materialist empiricism.The third part firstly analyzes the contents,causes and forms of the four kinds of false images idea.Then,it clarifies the positive meaning and limitations of the "Four Idols ".Pure and objective understanding without any prejudice is impossible,it is precisely because of the existence of prejudices that we can obtain the correct understanding.The fourth part is the contemporary value of the "Four Idols" and its solution.According to Bacon,he put forward the order of racial illusion-cave illusion-market illusion-theatrical illusion.The author discussed the theory of anthropocentrism and non-anthropocentrism in the understanding of the relationship between man and nature.The reasonableness of the prejudice and prejudice of the individual,The rise of new media language and Internet hot words,Academic misconduct under the influence of fashionable academic evaluation system.Through the analysis of these four typical social phenomena,we can help everyone understand the illusion around them.We also strengthen our understanding of ourselves,others,and human beings.We cannot avoid prejudice,but we need to recognize our limitations and keep our ability of independent thinking,so we shouldn't comment and judge anyone or anything at will.I hope that through understanding the "four idols",it can guide people to constantly and correctly understand people and things around them,to get along well with themselves and get along with the world.This is the purpose that the author hopes to achieve through explore Bacon's "Four Idols".