alleryThe inductivist approach to scientific truth first rose to prominence with which thinker?
AKarl Popper
BFrancis Bacon
CAlbert Einstein
DLudwik Fleck
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Francis Bacon
1. The inductive method builds from collected observations.
2. It rose to prominence with Francis Bacon and especially Isaac Newton.
3. Popper, Einstein and Fleck are linked with other ideas.
_Source: Wikipedia, Scientific method, Inductive method_
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