 The law here enunciated not merely explains, but necessitates the facts we see to exist, while the vast and long-continued geological changes of the earth readily account for the exceptions and apparent discrepancies that here and there occur. The writer's...  Annals & Magazine of Natural History - Page 1901855Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1870 - 458 lehte
...creation and dispersion. The law here enunciated not merely explains, but necessitates the facts \ve see to exist, while the vast and longcontinued geological...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability. Geological Distribution of the Forms of Life. The phaenomena... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1871 - 412 lehte
...species found in geographical proximity. Tlie question forces itself upon every thinking mind,—why are these things so ? They could not be as they are...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability. Geological Distribution of the Forms of Life. The phenomena... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1876 - 606 lehte
...the passage in which Mr. Wallace specifies the kind of controversy which alone can be recognised. " As his hypothesis is one which claims acceptance solely...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it."* This method of discussion finds here comparatively little favour. Theories are tested by their supposed... | |
 | 1876 - 802 lehte
...the passage in which Mr. Wallace specifies the kind of controversy which alone can be recognized : " As his hypothesis is one which claims acceptance solely...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it." ' This method of discussion finds here comparatively little favor. Theories are tested by their supposed... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 518 lehte
...not merely explains but necessitates the facts we see to exist, while the vast and long - continued geological changes of the earth readily account for...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability. Geological Distribution of the Forms of Life The phenomena... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 564 lehte
...object in putting forward his views in the present imperfect manner is to submit them to the tests of other minds, and to be made aware of all the facts...exist in nature, he expects facts alone to be brought forward to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability." He then refers to some of... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 538 lehte
...object in putting forward his views in the present imperfect manner is to submit them to the tests of other minds, and to be made aware of all the facts...exist in nature, he expects facts alone to be brought forward to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability." He then refers to some of... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 352 lehte
...object in putting forward his views in the present imperfect manner is to submit them to the tests of other minds, and to be made aware of all the facts...exist in nature, he expects facts alone to be brought forward to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability. He then refers to some of the... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 2003 - 464 lehte
...allied species found in geographical proximity. The question forces itself upon every thinking mind, - why are these things so? They could not be as they...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it; not a priori arguments against its probability. The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2002 - 448 lehte
...Popperian mode of conjecture and refutation, Wallace instructs his readers on how to analyze his data. "The writer's object in putting forward his views...expects facts alone to be brought to disprove it, not a priori arguments against its probability."13 Wallace's plea was more prescriptive than descriptive.... | |
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