The chief point we must remember is that the great and rapid advance of the physical sciences took place in fields where it proved that explanation and prediction could be based on laws which accounted for the observed phenomena as functions of comparatively few variables - either particular facts or relative frequencies of events.
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Real world phenomena often require complex models to be accurate.
If I am not mistaken, psychology, psychiatry and some branches of sociology, not to speak about the so-called philosophy of history, are even more affected by …
As we advance we find more and more frequently that we can in fact ascertain only some but not all the particular circumstances which determine the outcome of …
The conflict between what in its present mood the public expects science to achieve in satisfaction of popular hopes and what is really in its power is a serio…
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
We must never forget that it is principles not phenomena,-laws, not insulated, independent facts, which are the object and the inquiry of the natural philosoph…