Francis Bacon was an early proponent of the scientific method and promoted the Baconian Method, a methodology for scientific inquiry. It states

Question

A.
that the spiritual world has subsistent forms separate from the material world.
B.
that the idea is the permanent reality that makes a thing what it is.
C.
inherent forms only exist in conjunction with matter.
D.
one should be able to deduce by inductive reasoning the real nature of things.

Answer 1

D. one should be able to deduce by inductive reasoning the real nature of things.