From the reading

I found Francis Bacon identification of four idols or distortions that get in the way of clear thinking to be very interesting. The idols were referred to fallacies in thinking due to human nature. The idols of the Cave are prejudices that we bring with us because of our background and personalities. I like the cave idea because it reflects the closure that we are experience in the way we are raised or our personal beliefs. The “idols of the Market place” are center in the use of language; words according to Bacon can overrule our understanding.  The “Idols of the Tribe,” which states that our thinking is ruled by our emotion and causes us to be careless thinkers.  The “Idols of the Theatre” occur when we accept fashionable ideas uncritically; we sometimes create our own worlds through an unreal fashion. All four of this listed lead to distortion thinking that really opened up my mind to the way we think.