"The aim of scientific thought, then, is to……" — William Kingdon Clifford

The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to… - William Kingdon Clifford
"The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrument is an observed uniformity in the course of events. By the use of this instrument it gives us information transcending our experience, it enables us to infer things that we have not seen from things that we have seen; and the evidence for the truth of that information depends on our supposing that the uniformity holds good beyond our experience."

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