Formas y pragmatismo en la filosofía de Francis Bacon

Abstract

This essay analyses the relationship between two aspects of the philosopher Francis Bacon’s proposal in his work Novum Organum (NO): the pragmatic vision of science and the knowledge of forms to which human knowledge aspires in general. This analysis is developed in consideration of di↵erent interpretations of the Baconian concept of form, in the light of the author’s empiricism and pragmatism. Among these interpretations, some have been preferred for their appropriateness and for their contribution to the understanding of the relationship under review, allowing a glimpse of how science, knowledge of forms and practice are articulated to improve the human situation.