Editing Baconian method (section)

==Influence==
The physician [[Thomas Browne]] (1605–1682) was one of the first scientists to adhere to the empiricism of the Baconian method. His encyclopaedia ''[[Pseudodoxia Epidemica]]'' (1st edition 1646 – 5th edition 1672) includes numerous examples of Baconian investigative methodology, while its preface echoes lines from Bacon's ''On Truth'' from ''[[The Advancement of Learning]]'' (1605). [[Isaac Newton]]'s saying ''[[hypotheses non fingo]]'' (I don't frame hypotheses) occurs in later editions of the ''[[Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica|Principia]]''. It represents his preference for rules that could be demonstrated, as opposed to unevidenced hypotheses.

The Baconian method was further developed and promoted by [[John Stuart Mill]]. His 1843 book, ''[[A System of Logic]]'', was an effort to shed further light on issues of [[causality|causation]]. In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning now known as [[Mill's methods]].