Francis Bacon and his 4 Idols

Bacon came up with four idols. These idols were Idols of the Tribe, Idols of the Cave, Idols of the Market Place, and Idols of the Theatre. Bacon argued that idolatry is a sin and it must be rejected. Bacon used the arguments and the the language of the church against it. Idols of the Tribe is the bias of human beings to jump to conclusions based on what is new or strange rather than investing time to understand what is true. Basically its about human beings judging something because its new or different. We don't know how to react so we just jump to conclusions. Idols of the Cave is creating individual biases through the educational system. Next is Idol of the Market Place, which is the language created to share knowledge locks us into specific ways of knowing. Last is Idols of the Theatre which is the Christian West has given reverence to four or five Greek scholars and has ignored any other understanding of the world. So Bacon uses the argument of the church against it by claiming the Christian philosophy had engaged in four forms of idolatry.