 | American Philosophical Society - 1880
...unintelligible jargon or incomprehensible dogma. For, as is well observed by Prof. Huxley, " science is common sense at its best, that is: rigidly accurate...in observation and merciless to fallacy in logic." To this end, that is, to the perfection of observation, the highest inventive power has co-operated... | |
 | Thomas Harper - 1881
...well-expressed, but scarcely philosophical, account of science, — given in his first Chapter, — that ' science is simply common sense at its best ; that...in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic 2.' It occurs to inquire, why it is probable that the crayfish has something analogous to taste, seeing... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1880 - 371 pàgines
...distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best ; that...in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Whoso will question the validity of the conclusions of sound science, must be prepared to carry his... | |
 | 1880
...distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best, that is,...in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic." In the preceding quotation, Professor Huxley is (in a legitimate and intelligible way) using the word... | |
 | Essex Field Club - 1881
...distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates ' of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best ; that...observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic."* These statements, coming from one of the masters of biological science, must surely hold out every... | |
 | Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond - 1904
...made from the simplest forms of life to the most complex. Science, Huxley says, is simply common-sense at its best; that is rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Mr. Barclay proposes to test by common-sense " whether the Darwinian doctrine that the evolution of... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1920 - 371 pàgines
...distortion of prejudice, and reasons from them in accordance with the dictates of sound judgment. And science is simply common sense at its best ; that...in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Whoso will question the validity of the conclusions of sound science, must be prepared to carry his... | |
 | 1880
...healthy common sense. ' Science,' says Professor Huxley in introducing the study of the crayfish, ' is simply common sense at its best; that is, rigidly...in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.' Metallurqy : the Art of ertractinfl Metalt from their Orel. ' Silver and Gold.' Part I. By JOHN PERCY,... | |
 | Franz M. Wuketits - 1990 - 262 pàgines
...principles and mechanisms as biological evolution. Evolutionary Epistemology and the Evolution of Science Science is simply common sense at its best; that is,...observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. Thomas H. Huxley Evolution and Science: Analogies and Metaphors To continue our discussion of cultural evolution,... | |
 | Satya Pal Ruhela - 1996 - 190 pàgines
...that enable to progress towards his goal. ' ' - Sri Sathya Sai Baba "Science", said Thomas H. Huxley, "is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly...accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic."1 The basic principles of science are cause-effect relationship, empiricism, objectivity, rigorousness... | |
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And science is simply common sense at its best ; that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. 
