“The aim of scientific thought, then, is to apply past experience to new circumstances; the instrument is an observed uniformity in the course of events. By the use of this instrument it gives us information transcending our experience, it enables us to infer things that we have not seen from things that we have seen; and the evidence for the truth of that information depends on our supposing that the uniformity holds good beyond our experience.” GivingUsePastCoursesEventsInformationDependsCircumstancesEvidenceAimInstrumentsUniformityTranscendingSupposingPast ExperiencesSupposing That Book:The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays Source: The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays
“Our lives our guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been created by society for social purposes.” Has BeensPurposeCoursesSocialOur LivesConception Book:Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford Source: Lectures and Essays by William Kingdon Clifford
