On the Philosophy of Discovery: Chapters Historical and CriticalJ.W. Parker and son, 1860 - 531 páginas |
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... error of those who hold that facts alone are valuable as the elements of our knowledge , they have frequently run into the opposite error of too much despising and neglecting facts , and of thinking that the business of the inquirer ...
... error of those who hold that facts alone are valuable as the elements of our knowledge , they have frequently run into the opposite error of too much despising and neglecting facts , and of thinking that the business of the inquirer ...
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... error , as it led Kepler afterwards , and many others in all ages of scientific activity . It led Plato into error , for in- stance , when it led him to assert ( in the Timaus ) that the four elements , Earth , Air , Fire and Water ...
... error , as it led Kepler afterwards , and many others in all ages of scientific activity . It led Plato into error , for in- stance , when it led him to assert ( in the Timaus ) that the four elements , Earth , Air , Fire and Water ...
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... error when it led him to believe that he had found the reason of the number , size and motion of the planetary orbits in the application of the five regular solids to the frame of the universe . How far the caution in forming hypotheses ...
... error when it led him to believe that he had found the reason of the number , size and motion of the planetary orbits in the application of the five regular solids to the frame of the universe . How far the caution in forming hypotheses ...
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... error in his facts . 6. We do not find Aristotle so much impressed as we might have expected by that great monument of Grecian ingenuity , the theory of epicycles and ex- centrics which his predecessor Plato urged so strong- ly upon the ...
... error in his facts . 6. We do not find Aristotle so much impressed as we might have expected by that great monument of Grecian ingenuity , the theory of epicycles and ex- centrics which his predecessor Plato urged so strong- ly upon the ...
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... error into which Aristotle fell in his view of the conditions which determine the formation of Science is very nearly the same as one of Francis Bacon's leading mistakes . Aristotle says , that Science consists in knowing the causes of ...
... error into which Aristotle fell in his view of the conditions which determine the formation of Science is very nearly the same as one of Francis Bacon's leading mistakes . Aristotle says , that Science consists in knowing the causes of ...
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On the Philosophy of Discovery: Chapters Historical and Critical William Whewell Vista completa - 1860 |
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Página 117 - ... whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested to look at the moon and planets through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? "What shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly, and to hear the Professor of Philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke, with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky.
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