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    Which philosopher is considered the father of modern empiricism?

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    Rene Descartes
    Gottfried Leibniz
    John Locke
    Francis BaconCorrect

    Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is considered the father of modern empiricism and the experimental scientific method. In works such as 'Novum Organum', he criticized Aristotelian logic and proposed a new method based on systematic observation and induction to advance scientific knowledge.