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... patterns of thought in the common • sometimes correct sometime incorrect affairs of daily life ; and , in a sense , the task of science is to extend , improve on , and refine the patterns of expectation we display every day , There is a ...
... patterns of thought in the common • sometimes correct sometime incorrect affairs of daily life ; and , in a sense , the task of science is to extend , improve on , and refine the patterns of expectation we display every day , There is a ...
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... patterns which define the range of things we can accept ( in Coper- nicus ' phrase ) as ' sufficiently absolute and ... pattern - of - theory or form - of - explanation may be , not uniquely right , buy of theory appropriate to one range ...
... patterns which define the range of things we can accept ( in Coper- nicus ' phrase ) as ' sufficiently absolute and ... pattern - of - theory or form - of - explanation may be , not uniquely right , buy of theory appropriate to one range ...
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... patterns of connections in terms of which we can make sense of the flux of events . So we have placed in 1ST Que the centre of our enquiry two questions : ' What patterns of thought and reasoning give scientific understanding ? ' , and ...
... patterns of connections in terms of which we can make sense of the flux of events . So we have placed in 1ST Que the centre of our enquiry two questions : ' What patterns of thought and reasoning give scientific understanding ? ' , and ...
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Forecasting and Understanding | 18 |
Ideals of Natural Order 1 | 45 |
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