... inconsistent with, the whole of the facts which it professes to account for ; and if there is a single one of these facts which can be shown to be inconsistent with (I do not merely mean inexplicable by, but contrary to,) the hypothesis, the hypothesis... The Natural History Review - 42 페이지1864전체보기 - 도서 정보
| New York Microscopical Society - 1889 - 310 페이지
...inexplicable by, but contrary to) the hypothesis,the hypothesis falls to the ground, — it is worth nothing; One fact with which it is positively inconsistent is worth as much, and is as powerful in negativing the hypothesis, as five hundred. If I am right in thus defining the obligations... | |
| Evan McLennan - 1890 - 414 페이지
...multiply instances further. The utterance of Huxley holds in this theory, as in every other theory : — " One fact with which it is positively inconsistent...much, and as powerful in negativing the hypothesis, as live hundred." We may now retrace our steps and go over the same ground again in the light of the new... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 504 페이지
...inexplicable by, but contrary to) the hypothesis, the hypothesis falls to the ground, — it is worth nothing. One fact with which it is positively inconsistent...Darwin, in order to place his views beyond the reach of till possible assault, ought to be able to demonstrate the possibility of developing from a particular... | |
| Joseph Battell - 1909 - 352 페이지
...inexplicable by, but contrary to) the hypothesis, such hypothesis falls to the ground — it is worth nothing. One fact with which it is positively inconsistent is worth as much, and is as powerful in negativing the hypothesis, as five hundred." And Faraday, equally renowned, truthfully... | |
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