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" It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific enquirer is under a sort of moral obligation to abstain from going beyond that generalization of observed facts which is absurdly called 'Baconian' induction. But any one who is practically acquainted... "
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Page 42
by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889
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The Reign of Queen Victoria: A Survey of Fifty Years of Progress, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1887 - 642 pages
...tested by experience. »nd uses Physical science therefore rests on verified or unconthe»es. tradicted hypotheses ; and, such being the case, it is not surprising...been the invention of verifiable hypotheses. It is a favourite popular delusion that the scientific inquirer is under a sort of moral obligation to abstain...
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The Advance of Science in the Last Half-century

Thomas Henry Huxley - 1889 - 160 pages
...Physical science therefore rests on veri- and uses " hvpothfied or uncontradicted hypotheses ; and, eses. such being the case, it is not surprising that a great...moral obligation to abstain from going beyond that generalisation of observed facts which is absurdly called ' Baconian ' induction. But anyone who is...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, Part 1

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1889 - 806 pages
...be tested by experience. HYPOTHESES. Physical science therefore rests on verified or uncontradicted hypotheses; and such being the case, it is not surprising...popular delusion that the scientific inquirer is under n sort of moral obligation to abstain from going beyond that generalization of observed facts which...
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Unitarianism: Its Origin and History: A Course of Sixteen Lectures Delivered ...

1889 - 438 pages
...Professor Huxley says that physical science rests on verifiable or uncontradicted hypotheses ; and a great condition of its progress has been the invention of verifiable hypotheses. " Any one who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond...
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Unitarianism: Its Origin and History: A Course of Sixteen Lectures Delivered ...

1890 - 436 pages
...Professor Huxley says t^at physical science rests on verifiable or uncontradicted hypotheses ; and a great condition of its progress has been the invention of verifiable hypotheses. 20 " Any one who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go...
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The Educative Process

William Chandler Bagley - 1905 - 390 pages
...to bear in mind the words of Huxley, 1 whose mastery of scientific method can never be questioned: "It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific...practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact; and any one who has studied the...
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Elementary Logic

William James Taylor - 1909 - 342 pages
...by the ablest modern scientists; Huxley, an illustrious name in the annals of science, maintaining: It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific...moral obligation to abstain from going beyond that 1 Ibid., p. 130. generalization of observed facts which is absurdly called "Baconian" induction. But...
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The Essentials of Logic

Roy Wood Sellars - 1917 - 368 pages
...in both the physical and the biological sciences. The following quotation from Huxley is typical: " It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific...practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact r•arely get as far as fact; and any one who has studied the...
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The Essentials of Logic

Roy Wood Sellars - 1917 - 372 pages
...in both the physical and the biological sciences. The following quotation from Huxley is typical: " It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific...practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact; and any one who has studied the...
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The Essentials of Logic

Roy Wood Sellars - 1917 - 380 pages
...in both the physical and the biological sciences. The following quotation from fiuxley is typical: " It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific...beyond that generalization of observed facts which ia absurdly called'Baconian' induction. But any one who is practically acquainted with scientific work...
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