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... pattern a dozen classes of happenings , many of which had previously been entirely unexplained ; and , in the resulting ... patterns of expectation , which in turn reflect our ideas about the order of Nature . To sum up : any dynamical ...
... pattern a dozen classes of happenings , many of which had previously been entirely unexplained ; and , in the resulting ... patterns of expectation , which in turn reflect our ideas about the order of Nature . To sum up : any dynamical ...
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... patterns of thought in the common 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 continual interplay between the two ...
... patterns of thought in the common 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 continual interplay between the two ...
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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 , but appropriate to one range of ...
... 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 , but appropriate to one range of ...
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
Forecasting and Understanding | 18 |
Ideals of Natural Order I | 38 |
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