Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution, Volume 10 |
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... predictions that must follow from the hypothesis , and then test- ing the hypothesis by seeing whether or not the predictions are verified . This was by no means the prevalent philosophy of science in Darwin's time.5 Darwin brought ...
... predictions that must follow from the hypothesis , and then test- ing the hypothesis by seeing whether or not the predictions are verified . This was by no means the prevalent philosophy of science in Darwin's time.5 Darwin brought ...
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... prediction in almost every important detail . Another kind of prediction that taxonomists can make on the basis of logical deduction is that certain kinds of characteristics , not yet examined , should fit a phylogenetic tree . Such ...
... prediction in almost every important detail . Another kind of prediction that taxonomists can make on the basis of logical deduction is that certain kinds of characteristics , not yet examined , should fit a phylogenetic tree . Such ...
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... predictions , which then test the theory's valid- ity . The Copernican theory of the solar system , although thoroughly accepted by the seventeenth century , was not definitively tested until the 1830s , when the predictions it made ...
... predictions , which then test the theory's valid- ity . The Copernican theory of the solar system , although thoroughly accepted by the seventeenth century , was not definitively tested until the 1830s , when the predictions it made ...
Contents
REASON UNDER FIRE | 3 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 44 |
HUMAN EVOLUTION | 73 |
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