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Unlike the methods of early scientists, how did Sir Francis Bacon believe basic laws of science should be determined?
by using inductive reasoning based on empirical evidence
by using inductive reasoning based on a few basic truths
by using deductive reasoning based on a few basic truths
by using deductive reasoning based on empirical evidence

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by using inductive reasoning based on empirical evidence

Bacon argued scientists should collect observations and experimental data and then induce general laws from that evidence, rather than relying on a priori assumptions or pure deduction.