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... character to the History ; and the Philosophy at which I aimed was not the Philosophy of Induction , but the Philosophy of Discovery . In the present edition I have de- scribed this as my object in my Title . A great part of the present ...
... character to the History ; and the Philosophy at which I aimed was not the Philosophy of Induction , but the Philosophy of Discovery . In the present edition I have de- scribed this as my object in my Title . A great part of the present ...
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... XIV . THE PRACTICAL REFORMERS OF SCIENCE . 1. Character of the Practical Reformers , 2. Leonardo da Vinci . 3. Copernicus . 4. Fabricius . 5. Maurolycus . 6. Benedetti . 7. Gilbert . 8. Galileo . 9. Kepler . 10. Tycho . CHAP X CONTENTS .
... XIV . THE PRACTICAL REFORMERS OF SCIENCE . 1. Character of the Practical Reformers , 2. Leonardo da Vinci . 3. Copernicus . 4. Fabricius . 5. Maurolycus . 6. Benedetti . 7. Gilbert . 8. Galileo . 9. Kepler . 10. Tycho . CHAP X CONTENTS .
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... . We may except , perhaps , assertions belonging to some provinces of Natural History , which were collected by various writers : but in these , the mixed character of the statements , the want of discrimination in THE LATER GREEKS.
... . We may except , perhaps , assertions belonging to some provinces of Natural History , which were collected by various writers : but in these , the mixed character of the statements , the want of discrimination in THE LATER GREEKS.
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Chapters Historical and Critical William Whewell. character of the statements , the want of discrimination in the estimate of evidence , the credulity and love of the marvellous which the authors for the most part displayed , showed that ...
Chapters Historical and Critical William Whewell. character of the statements , the want of discrimination in the estimate of evidence , the credulity and love of the marvellous which the authors for the most part displayed , showed that ...
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... character which then subsisted between the physical and ethical speculations prevailing at that time , ceased to ob- tain in later times . Indeed , it ceased to exist just at that time , in consequence of the establishment of scientific ...
... character which then subsisted between the physical and ethical speculations prevailing at that time , ceased to ob- tain in later times . Indeed , it ceased to exist just at that time , in consequence of the establishment of scientific ...
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