 As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 205by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Immanuel Kant - Philosophy - 1988 - 290 pages
...insight into scientific methodology: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Ex100. Akad. XXl, 72. 101. Ibid., p. 238. periments and Observations,... | |
 | William Whewell - Philosophy - 1989 - 386 pages
...his predecessors. Thus he says,4 "As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | Michael R. Matthews - Philosophy - 1989 - 180 pages
...edition of the Opticks (1717). He says: As in Mathematics, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult things by the Method of Analysis ought ever to precede the Method of Composition.4 1. Isaac Newton, Opticks, New York: Dover, 1952, p. 405. 2. Kant, Selected Precritical... | |
 | Peter Achinstein - Philosophy - 1991 - 346 pages
...following methodological remarks: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from... | |
 | Sybille Krämer - Philosophy - 1991 - 450 pages
...seiner „Opticks" schreibt: „As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition ... By this way of Analysis, we may proceed from Compounds to Ingredients, and from Motion to Forces... | |
 | Robert Markley - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 292 pages
...considers proper scientific method: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from... | |
 | S. Kleiner - History - 1993 - 364 pages
...appear to be a broader interpretation: As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
 | Richard Henry Popkin, G.M. Weiner - History - 1994 - 234 pages
...English edition of the Opticks: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from... | |
 | Thomas Levenson - Science - 1995 - 358 pages
...scientific investigations would henceforth have to employ: In Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult things by the Method of Analysis ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from... | |
 | Peter Dear - Mathematics - 1995 - 312 pages
...what appears there as Query 31: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from... | |
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