Baconianism
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Baconianism may refer to:
- Baconian methodBaconian methodThe Baconian method is the investigative method developed by Sir Francis Bacon. The method was put forward in Bacon's book Novum Organum , or 'New Method', and was supposed to replace the methods put forward in Aristotle's Organon...
, scientific methods as theorised by Francis Bacon. - Baconian theoryBaconian theoryThe Baconian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Sir Francis Bacon, lawyer, philosopher, essayist and scientist, wrote the plays conventionally attributed to William Shakespeare, and that the historical Shakespeare was merely a front to shield the identity of Bacon, who could not take...
, the theory that Francis Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare.