▁towards ▁Arist ot elian ism ▁( although ▁natural ▁philosophy ▁was ▁not ▁his ▁main ▁concern ). ▁Meanwhile , ▁prec urs ors ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁scientific ▁method ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁already ▁in ▁Gros set este ' s ▁emphas is ▁on ▁mathematics ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁understand ▁nature ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁empir ical ▁approach ▁adm ired ▁by ▁Roger ▁Ba con . ▁ ▁Gros set este ▁was ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁Oxford ▁Francis can ▁school . ▁He ▁built ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁dual ▁path ▁of ▁scientific ▁reasoning . ▁Con cluding ▁from ▁particular ▁observations ▁into ▁a ▁universal ▁law , ▁and ▁then ▁back ▁again : ▁from ▁universal ▁laws ▁to ▁prediction ▁of ▁particular s . ▁Gros set este ▁called ▁this ▁" resol ution ▁and ▁composition ". ▁Further , ▁Gros set este ▁said ▁that ▁both ▁paths ▁should ▁be ▁verified ▁through ▁experiment ation ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁verify ▁the ▁princip als . ▁These ▁ideas ▁established ▁a ▁tradition ▁that ▁carried ▁forward ▁to ▁Pad ua ▁and ▁Gal ile o ▁Gal ile i ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Under ▁the ▁tu ition ▁of ▁Gros set este ▁and ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁writ ings ▁of ▁Arab ▁al chem ists ▁who ▁had ▁preserved ▁and ▁built ▁upon ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁portrait ▁of ▁induction , ▁Ba con ▁described ▁a ▁repeating ▁cycle ▁of ▁observation , ▁hypothesis , ▁experiment ation , ▁and ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁independent ▁ver ification . ▁He ▁recorded ▁the ▁manner ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁conducted ▁his ▁experiments ▁in ▁precise ▁detail ▁so ▁that ▁others ▁could ▁reproduce ▁and ▁independently