Four Idols Of The Tribe

Four Idols
Sir Francis Bacon divided the flaws of human thinking and understanding into four parts. These parts are in order of Idols of the Tribe, Idols of the Cave, Idols of the Market-place, and Idols of the Theatre. Each idol represents a separate fault in the way we perceive occurrences in the natural world and attempt to find a solid, unbiased, fact based, conclusion to the reasons behind the occurrences. These Idols, some more than others, inhibit one’s ability to have a clear way of truly comprehending reasons for events they don’t fully understand. Each and every person experiences life differently. The result of distinctive, individual experiences, concur that they all carry different backgrounds of knowledge. For this reason, almost automatic assumptions can be drawn to the rationale behind the occurrences based on the individual’s senses, previous experiences, and teachings or readings from biased sources. It is intuitive to note that considering these Idols while searching for knowledge will ensure that the conclusion is one of truthfulness, backed with evidence.
The Idols of the Tribe have a root in nature or natural world. The name of this Idol comes from the dependence on the community as a whole. They rely only on …show more content…
Each individual has their own cave where they gather assumptions from their own environment. The individuals communicate with one another their own ideas and bias of subjects through language but because their personal experiences differ, each cave dweller has a different aspect of the world. Finding truth in anything would be difficult to muster between the individuals with such abstract viewpoints so they all develop their own sense of the world. In context, The Idols of the Cave would be comparable to two football fans arguing over whose team is better and each party basing their argument on their team’s previous season record while the two teams in question have never played each