Bacon und Kant - Ein erkenntnistheoretischer Vergleich zwischen dem 'Novum Organum' und der 'Kritik der reinen Vernunft'

Anyone interested in establishing an intellectual connection between Kant and Bacon must first ask the question as to what similarity could exist between Kant, who carried out a transcendental turn in philosophy, and Bacon, the “general of empirical philosophy.” Only through such considerations can one understand why Kant’s first Critique announces a new epoch in philosophy with a passage from, of all things, Bacon’s Instauratio Magna.


Shi-Hyong Kim, Seoul, Korea.