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“A high place of honor, although doubtless one to be obtained only after enduring the pangs of a prolonged crucifixion, awaits that philosophical biologist, or that philosopher sufficiently acquainted with scientific biology, who subjects the modern doctrine of evolution to a thoroughly critical analysis, with a view to detect and to estimate its metaphysical assumptions.”

Views Modern Subjects Evolution Honor Philosophical Endure Philosopher Critical Doctrine Analysis Assumption Biology Metaphysical Crucifixion Biologist High Places Critical Analysis

Author:George Trumbull Ladd

“It is the assumption of this book that there is a typical human nature. It is the aim of this book to seek it. Just like a surgeon, a psychiatrist can make all sorts of basic assumptions when a patient lies down upon the couch. He can assume that the patient knows what it means to love, to envy, to trust, to think, to speak, to fear, to smile, to bargain, to covet, to dream, to remember, to sing, to quarrel, to lie. The 'smile' of a baboon is a threat; the smile of a man is a sign of pleasure: it is human nature, the world over.”

“The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.”

Running Law Natural Evolution Habit Limits Constant Assumption Spontaneous

Book:The Nature of the Judicial Process

Source: The Nature of the Judicial Process

“Design bugs are often subtle and occur by evolution with early assumptions being forgotten as new features or uses are added to systems.”

Use Design Evolution Forgotten Features Assumption Subtle Bugs

Author:Fernando J. Corbato

“The assumption is that the inevitability of a solution's realization is inherent in the interaction of human intellect and the constantly transformative evolution of physical universe.”

Humans Universe Evolution Solutions Intellect Realization Assumption Interaction Inherent Inevitability

Book:World Design Science Decade: Phase 1 Document 3

Source: World Design Science Decade: Phase 1 Document 3

“Therefore, a grotesque account of a period some thousands of years ago is taken seriously though it be built by piling special assumptions on special assumptions, ad hoc hypothesis [invented for a purpose] on ad hoc hypothesis, and tearing apart the fabric of science whenever it appears convenient. The result is a fantasia which is neither history nor science.”

Years Purpose Results Taken Special Evolution Periods Built Years Ago Accounts Assumption Ads Fabric Hypothesis Convenient Grotesque Fantasia Tearing Apart

Author:James Bryant Conant

“I try to look at the evolution of these utopian claims. In the late '60s there was an assumption that the wealth generated by industry would be taxed and then put into social programs and it would provide a baseline of stability that would allow people to have the time for self-expression; and that social contract has eroded over the last four decades and now it's every person for themselves.”

“After chiding the theologian for his reliance on myth and miracle, science found itself in the unenviable position of having to create mythology of its own: namely, the assumption that what, after long effort, could not be proved to take place today had, in truth, taken place in the primeval past.”

Long Today Past Found Effort Taken Position Evolution Miracle Myth Mythology Assumption Theologian Reliance Origin Of Life Primeval

Book:The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

Source: The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature

“Creationists often appeal to the facts of science to support their view, and evolutionists often appeal to philosophical assumptions from outside science.”

Facts Views Support Evolution Philosophical Appeals Assumption

Author:Jonathan Sarfati

“It is my conviction that if any professional biologist will take adequate time to examine carefully the assumptions upon which the macro-evolution doctrine rests, and the observational and laboratory evidence that bears on the problem of origins, he/she will conclude that there are substantial reasons for doubting the truth of this doctrine. Moreover, I believe that a scientifically sound creationist view of origins is not only possible, but it is to be preferred over the evolutionary one.”

Ifs Believe Reason Problem I Believe Sound Views Doubt Bears Evolution Evidence Conviction Doctrine Assumption Adequate Laboratory Biologist Macro Creationist

Author:Dean H. Kenyon