In New Tools, Bacon regards experiment and induction as tools of scientific discovery, and they complement each other. He saw the effectiveness of experiments in revealing the mysteries of nature. Bacon believes that scientific research should use induction based on observation and experiment. Bacon's induction has contributed to the development of science, especially to the development of logic.
Its role:
The purpose of Bacon's induction is to bring people new knowledge. It is a tool for understanding, not for discussion. Bacon emphasized: "The purpose of my logic in teaching understanding is not to make it grasp some abstract concepts with the slender tendrils of the mind (like ordinary logic), but to make it possible to really dissect nature and truly discover the sexual virtues and activities of objects, together with the laws stipulated in things.
Obviously, Bacon's stipulation on the responsibility of inductive logic is quite different from traditional logic. Bacon not only emphasized that inductive logic should study the pure form of thinking, but also emphasized the thinking method of reflecting objective things and grasping the essence and laws of things.
Bacon's scientific induction method is based on the individual's factual statement, and makes a general conclusion on the movement and change of things by inquiring and identifying the causal relationship of objective things, thus providing an understanding of the form (that is, the law) of things.