The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific MethodMacmillan and Company, 1887 - 786 páginas |
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... knowledge is correct , then I have nothing to say in excuse for my own deficiencies . But it is well to do one thing at a time , and therefore I have not occupied any considerable part of this book with controversy and refutation . What ...
... knowledge is correct , then I have nothing to say in excuse for my own deficiencies . But it is well to do one thing at a time , and therefore I have not occupied any considerable part of this book with controversy and refutation . What ...
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... 516 • • · · • 518 522 4. Consistency with the Laws of Nature . 5. Conformity with Facts 6. Experimentum Crucis . 7. Descriptive Hypotheses • • • CHAPTER XXIV . SECTION EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE , EXPLANATION AND PREDiction CONTENTS . xli.
... 516 • • · · • 518 522 4. Consistency with the Laws of Nature . 5. Conformity with Facts 6. Experimentum Crucis . 7. Descriptive Hypotheses • • • CHAPTER XXIV . SECTION EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE , EXPLANATION AND PREDiction CONTENTS . xli.
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... Knowledge , Explanation and Prediction 2. Empirical Knowledge 3. Accidental Discovery 4. Empirical Observations subsequently Explained 5. Overlooked Results of Theory 6. Predicted Discoveries . 7. Predictions in the Science of Light 8 ...
... Knowledge , Explanation and Prediction 2. Empirical Knowledge 3. Accidental Discovery 4. Empirical Observations subsequently Explained 5. Overlooked Results of Theory 6. Predicted Discoveries . 7. Predictions in the Science of Light 8 ...
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... knowledge would be no more than the memory of past coincidences , and the reasoning powers , if they existed at all , would give no clue to the nature of the present , and no presage of the future . Happily the Universe in which we ...
... knowledge would be no more than the memory of past coincidences , and the reasoning powers , if they existed at all , would give no clue to the nature of the present , and no presage of the future . Happily the Universe in which we ...
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... knowledge is useless and inference impossible . But so far as object resembles object , we can pass from one to the other . In proportion as resemblance is deeper and more general , the com- manding powers of knowledge become more ...
... knowledge is useless and inference impossible . But so far as object resembles object , we can pass from one to the other . In proportion as resemblance is deeper and more general , the com- manding powers of knowledge become more ...
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abC abc ABcd AbCd analogy apparent arithmetic assert body calculation cause character classification colour Contrapositive crystals deductive deductive reasoning density detect discovered discovery disjunctive proposition earth effect electricity equal equation equivalent error exactly exist experiment expression fact fcap force give gravity heat hypothesis identity induction inference infinite instance inverse inverse logical investigation J. S. Mill James Bernoulli knowledge Laws of Identity laws of nature Laws of Thought letters light Logical Alphabet logical conditions magnetic mammæ manner mathematical matter mean measure metal method mode motion negative Newton number of combinations objects observation obtain pendulum phenomena Philosophical planets possible premises principle probability problem Professor properties proposition qualities quantity reasoning refraction regards relation scientific simple specific gravity stars substances substitution supposed syllogism symbols temperature theory things tion triangle true truth velocity
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