Political Science · Western Political Thought
Who is called the father of empiricism?
AAuguste Comte
BFrancis Bacon ✓ Correct
CDavid Hume
DJohn Locke
Correct answer: (B) Francis Bacon — Francis Bacon is called the father of empiricism.
Explanation
★Francis Bacon is called the father of empiricism.
★He championed knowledge built on observation and experiment.
★He set out the inductive method in his work.
★He attacked reliance on mere authority and abstract reasoning.
★Locke and Hume later developed the empiricist tradition.
★Comte is instead linked to positivism and sociology.
★So the answer is Francis Bacon.
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