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The characteristics of experiments

In this video Doina-Cristina Rusu analyses the features of an early modern experiment

In this video Doina-Cristina Rusu analyses the features of an experiment suggested by Francis Bacon.

The three characteristics to be found in the text are the following:

  1. the criticism of authoritative figures
  2. the use of instruments
  3. the quantification and mathematisation of processes
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