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Francis Bacon created a new way of scientific thinking called inductive reasoning. How was this different from the deductive reasoning of earlier eras?
a) Scientists had to be inducted into a society in order to conduct experiments.
b) Scientists no longer had to prove their ideas.
c) Scientists now gathered information and facts before creating a theory.
d) Inductive reasoning was faster and easier than deductive reasoning.

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c) Scientists now gathered information and facts before creating a theory.
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The correct answer is C) scientist now gathered information and facts before creating a theory.  

Francis Beacon’s inductive reasoning was different from the deductive reasoning of earlier eras in that scientist now gathered information and facts before creating a theory.  

With the creation of this new way of scientific thinking, Francis Beacon’s inductive reasoning change the way scientist did a scientific investigation. By this way, Bacon tried to reach scientific conclusions using information, data collected the research.  

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a renowned philosopher from the Renaissance times that supported the use of the scientific method in research. One of his most famous books is “Novum Organum”.