Francis Bacon and the four idols

Francis Bacon was a propagandizer for science, but himself was not a scientist. He discusses in his writings many aspects that dealt with scientific knowledge. With in his writings we learned that he trully believed than men where limited to what they observed. To prove this he describes four classes of idols that corrupt the human mind. They are idols of the tribe, idols of the den, idols of the market and idols of the theater. He then suggests reasons on how to tear down these idols.

Bacon begins with the explanation of the idols of the tribe. As he explains in his writings this idol is "inherent in human nature and the very tribe or race of man." Meaning that this believe can cause other people to receive false information clouding up the understanding of a subject, experience, reality, etc. For example, lets say a science teacher has a dislike on the way the laws of motion works. If she was to mention these negative thoughts to her students they might get a false impre...