Dr Tom Kerns
Study Questions for Francis Bacon’s
"Idols That Beset Men’s Minds"
- According to Bacon, what are the four classes of Idols?
- Describe a few of Bacon’s examples of Idols of the Tribe.
- Why are they called Idols of the Tribe?
- What are some of Bacon’s examples of Idols of the Cave?
- Why are they called that?
- What are Idols of the Marketplace? Why are they called that?
- What are Idols of the Theater? Why are they called that?
- Do you think of any contemporary Idols of the Theater that Bacon might pick out if he were writing today?
- Why do you suppose this essay would be included in a course on Logic? What, in your mind, does it have to say about the practice of logic?
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