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Quote by Auguste Comte

“Induction for deduction, with a view to construction.”

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Auguste Comte, a French philosopher born on January 19, 1798, and died on September 5, 1857, is considered the father of sociology and the founder of positivism. He is best known for his work on the scientific study of society and his creation of the discipline of sociology. His seminal work, 'Cours de philosophie positive,' has had a profound impact on the development of philosophy and the social sciences. more

“It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.”

Way Should Science Greater Discovery Argument Active Subtlety Axioms Orderly Scientific Method New Work Argumentation

Book:The Great Instauration

Source: The Great Instauration

“It is certainly true that principles cannot be more securely founded than on experience and consciously clear thinking.”

Thinking Science Principles Clear Scientific Method Clear Thinking

Author:Albert Einstein

“It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.”

Way Science Protect Statements Procedures Scientific Method Falsification

Book:The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Source: The Logic of Scientific Discovery

“Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already known, but is a restless spirit, ever pressing forward towards the regions of the unknown, and endeavouring to lay under contribution for the special purpose in hand the knowledge acquired in all portions of the wide field of exact science. Lastly, it acts as a check, as well as a stimulus, sifting the value of the evidence, and rejecting that which is worthless, and restraining too eager flights of the imagination and too hasty conclusions.”