The human as divine animal
Bacon's language is unmistakable. He believes that the correct reason to do science is because humans could use science to restore their original divine privilege and bliss, having assumed that humans are divine animals, having been made mortal because of the mythic Biblical Fall of Man. In other words, he lets his arguments for the Scientific Method rest upon a bedrock of philosophical assumptions about the nature of human experience—specifically he chooses a mystic Christian understanding of reality.
Logic as a mechanism
Bacon discusses the issue of philosophical assumption considerably. His arguments about logic depict the concept of logic itself as a kind of system that is constructed by humans agreeing to certain beliefs a priori. He says that humans have to construct the correct understandings about logic in order for the construct of reason to be effective and consistent through time. He sees logic as a kind of engine and depicts it that way.
The motif of order
Bacon's ideas can be said to stem from his idealism, both religiously and philosophically, because he seeks to attain a new state of consciousness for human kind by observing the order of the universe, and then by exploiting the universe of its potential. He believes that order is evident in nature, and in time. He feels that order is the presupposition that undergirds the process of experiment, because by believing that the universe is consistent, observable, and understandable, the human can begin conducting experiments to learn.
Science and ethics
Interestingly, Bacon's original inception of science is clearly rooted in an understanding of ethics. Because of his clear arguments, one could deduce his definition of ethics thus: Ethical obligation is that which propels man to become more happy by working strategically to attain new breakthroughs in science, technology, or medicine, so that the state of human conscious gradually improves toward an ideal. Clearly the idea bears resemblance to progressivism.
Observation as a sacrifice
This work depicts observation as a sacrificial, religious process, because it is emotionally unlikely and difficult to treat one's assumptions rigorously and honestly. By admitting how much we do not understand or know, Bacon supposes that we can begin a process of learning more honestly. This idea eventually blooms into science as we know it today. Put shortly, he feels that true observation is learning whatever one can, while waiting for proof before drawing any conclusions.
