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Hypotheses Quotes by William Whewell
- The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to…
- The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell…
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- It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,'… — Albert Einstein
- I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a… — Bertrand Russell
- The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural… — Karl Popper
- The best and safest way of philosophising seems to be, first to enquire diligently into the properties of things, and to establish… — Isaac Newton
- Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess,… — Stephen Stigler
- For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions or hypotheses about them. Since he… — Andreas Osiander
- Mathematics is not a deductive science-that's a cliché. When you try to prove a theorem, you don't just list the hypotheses, and… — Paul Halmos
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