 | William Whewell - 1840 - 606 sayfa
...cases; probably in all, if we could read the thoughts of discoverers as we read the books of Kepler. To try wrong guesses is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1854 - 130 sayfa
...and anticipation has been called "the mother of science." "To try wrong guesses," says Dr. Whewell, "is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones." " Anticipation is the presage of a truth, before it is fairly proved." — While the readiness and... | |
 | William Thomson - 1857 - 416 sayfa
...Anticipation is, as it has been called, the mother of science. " To try wrong guesses," says Dr. Whewell, "is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 414 sayfa
...cases ; probably in all, if we could read the thoughts of discoverers as we read the books of Kepler. To try wrong guesses is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | William Thomson - 1859 - 366 sayfa
...Anticipation is, as it has been called, the mother of science. " To try wrong guesses," says Dr. "Whewell, " is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that be never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | William Thomson - 1863 - 404 sayfa
...Anticipation is, as it has been called, the mother of science. " To try wrong guesses," says Dr. Whewell, " is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | William Thomson - 1863 - 354 sayfa
...Anticipation is* as it has been called, the mother of science. " To try wrong guesses/' says Dr. "Whewell, " is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures... | |
 | James Welton - 1896 - 374 sayfa
...generally precede right ones; and that frequently in the right ones. same mind. As Whewell remarks, " To try wrong guesses is, " with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones " (op. cit., p. 79). Of course, it is not pure unguided guesswork. In most cases the attempts of previous... | |
 | William Walker Atkinson - 1911 - 234 sayfa
...the one which best answers all the requirements and best explains the facts. As an authority says : "To try wrong guesses is with most persons the only way to hit upon right ones." III. Testing the hypothesis by deductive reasoning is the third step in inductive reasoning. This test... | |
 | James Welton, Alexander James Monahan - 1911 - 544 sayfa
...as formed. Wrong hypotheses generally precede right ones ; and that frequently in the same mind. " To try wrong guesses is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones."3 It is not, however, pure unguided guesswork. In most cases the attempts of previous enquirers... | |
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To try wrong guesses is, with most persons, the only way to hit upon right ones. The character of the true philosopher is, not that he never conjectures hazardously, but that his conjectures are clearly conceived, and brought into rigid contact with facts.... 
