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" 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... "
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind - Page 241
by Dugald Stewart - 1829
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Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture: The ...

Matt Goldish, R.H. Popkin, J.E. Force - 2001 - 232 pages
...second English edition of the Opticks: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the 1nvestigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought...making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by 1nduction, and admitting of no Objections against the Conclusions:...
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Der Neukantianismus und das Erbe des deutschen Idealismus: die ...

Detlev Pätzold, Christian Krijnen - 2002 - 204 pages
...ideal procedure in natural science in terms of the notions "analysis" and "synthesis" by remarking: As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation...making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions,...
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William Whiston: Honest Newtonian

James E. Force - 2002 - 244 pages
...expanded in the third edition of the Opticks (London, 1718), where Newton states that "as in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult...the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists of making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction,...
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William Whiston: Honest Newtonian

James E. Force - 1985 - 236 pages
...states that "as in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the investigation of difficult Things by me Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition. This Analysis consists of making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction,...
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Untersuchungen zur Zeitkonzeption in Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft

Karin Michel - 2003 - 312 pages
...noch eine äußere relative Bestimmung von 19 So betont Newton in den Oftickr. „As in Mathemaricks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult...making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction, and admitting of no Objections against Conclusions, but...
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The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader

Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 pages
...persuasive evidence. This is how he put the case for 'experimental philosophy' in his Optics (1704): As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation...method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of compositions. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general...
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The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 3, Early Modern Science

David C. Lindberg, Katharine Park, Roy Porter, Ronald L. Numbers - 2003 - 833 pages
...terminology when he asserted in the third edition of the Of ticks (1721) that "As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult...Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Method of Composition."30 In general, as seventeenth-century natural philosophers abandoned the search for essential...
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Introduction to Quantum Optics: From Light Quanta to Quantum Teleportation

Harry Paul - 2004 - 258 pages
...calcite. We will discuss this problem in more detail in the next section. 2.2 Newton's light particles As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation...making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions,...
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Handbook of Epistemology

I. Niiniluoto, Matti Sintonen, Jan Wolenski - 2004 - 1074 pages
...repeatedly refer to it and his famous Query 31 in the Optlcks makes it explicit: As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult...making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing general Conclusions from them by Induction, and admitting of no Objections against the Conclusions,...
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Form, Zahl, Ordnung: Studien zur Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte : Ivo ...

Rudolf Seising, Menso Folkerts, Ulf Hashagen - 2004 - 952 pages
...englische Übertragung aus der Quaestio 23 der lateinischen Ausgabe von 1 706. As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult...the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the Methode of Composition. This Analysis consists in making Experiments and Observations, and in drawing...
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