Idols of the Tribe

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Idols of the Tribe are one of Francis Bacon’s categories of systematic human cognitive biases, arising from the very nature and shared limitations of the human mind.

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Idols of the Tribe canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cognitive bias category ⓘ
epistemological concept ⓘ
philosophical concept ⓘ
aimsToBeOvercomeBy careful experimental method ⓘ
methodical empirical inquiry ⓘ
appliesTo all human beings ⓘ
ariseFrom human nature ⓘ
limitations of the human mind ⓘ
basedOn shared human cognitive constitution ⓘ
belongsToTradition early modern philosophy ⓘ
cause anthropomorphic projection onto nature ⓘ
confirmation of preconceived notions ⓘ
distortion of perception ⓘ
premature generalization ⓘ
tendency to see more order and regularity than exists ⓘ
characterizedAs systematic human cognitive biases ⓘ
conceptualizedAs idols inherent in the human species ⓘ
contrastedWith Idols of the Cave ⓘ
Idols of the Marketplace ⓘ
Idols of the Theatre ⓘ
critiques uncritical reliance on unaided human senses ⓘ
unexamined common human assumptions ⓘ
describedBy Francis Bacon ⓘ
field cognitive psychology ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
hasAuthor Francis Bacon ⓘ
hasExample tendency to assume human-like purposes in natural phenomena ⓘ
tendency to favor evidence that fits expectations ⓘ
tendency to impose patterns on random data ⓘ
hasKeyTheme fallibility of human understanding ⓘ
need for methodological safeguards in inquiry ⓘ
hasLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasScope universal human cognition ⓘ
influenced later theories of cognitive bias ⓘ
modern philosophy of science ⓘ
introducedInWork Novum Organum ⓘ
introducedInYear 1620 ⓘ
isSourceOfErrorFor inductive generalization ⓘ
scientific observation ⓘ
LatinName Idola Tribus ⓘ
partOf Francis Bacon's four idols ⓘ
purpose to explain sources of error in human understanding ⓘ
relatedTo empiricism ⓘ
inductive reasoning ⓘ
scientific method ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Novum Organum → introducesConcept → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
Idols of the Cave → oneOfFour → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
Idols of the Cave → contrastedWith → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
Idols of the Marketplace → isOneOf → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
New Organon → containsConcept → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
Idols of the Theatre → relatedTo → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ
Bacon’s theory of idols → defines → Idols of the Tribe ⓘ