The Method of Darwin: A Study in Scientific MethodA. C. McClurg, 1896 - 232 páginas |
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Página 107
... " Anatomy of Expres- sion , " the view of the latter that man had been created with certain muscles especially adapted for the expression of his feelings struck him as unsatisfactory . As a deduction from his general theory INDUCTION.
... " Anatomy of Expres- sion , " the view of the latter that man had been created with certain muscles especially adapted for the expression of his feelings struck him as unsatisfactory . As a deduction from his general theory INDUCTION.
Página 148
... muscles around the eye to protect it by closing it , and the voluntary contraction of other muscles to keep it open . In children the unrestrained expression of suffering called into action only one set of these muscles . These were the ...
... muscles around the eye to protect it by closing it , and the voluntary contraction of other muscles to keep it open . In children the unrestrained expression of suffering called into action only one set of these muscles . These were the ...
Página 162
... muscles specially adapted for the expression of his feelings , struck me as unsatisfactory . ' This was be- cause he had become convinced of the truth of evolution , which required him to believe that the habit of expressing our ...
... muscles specially adapted for the expression of his feelings , struck me as unsatisfactory . ' This was be- cause he had become convinced of the truth of evolution , which required him to believe that the habit of expressing our ...
Página 164
... muscle , or the various oaks with their acorns and cupules , their flowers and leaves , - are believed to have descended from a com- But mon stock . The individuals of these groups have a great many characters in common . climbing ...
... muscle , or the various oaks with their acorns and cupules , their flowers and leaves , - are believed to have descended from a com- But mon stock . The individuals of these groups have a great many characters in common . climbing ...
Página 185
... muscular it is important that the organs of the two sides should act independently of each other . Fritsch has also ... muscle - fibre and the lamellæ of the so called meandrine or striped layer which , lying be- neath the nerve end ...
... muscular it is important that the organs of the two sides should act independently of each other . Fritsch has also ... muscle - fibre and the lamellæ of the so called meandrine or striped layer which , lying be- neath the nerve end ...
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A. C. MCCLURG adaptations analogy Animals and Plants belief biological cause character circumnutation Cirripedia classification climbing plants colored conclusion consequences Coral Reefs cowslip cross-fertilization Darwin Darwin's theories deductive dence developed Different Forms difficulty discovery discussion doctrine Drosera Effects of Cross electric fishes electric organs example exhaust experiments explanation expression Fertilization of Orchids flower-peduncles Flowers on Plants Forms of Flowers Francis Darwin furnished gemmules hermaphrodite hypothesis Ibid illustrated important induction inference inheritance Insectivorous Plants insects interesting investigation islands labellum Letters logical history logical processes long-styled Malthus ment mind modified Movement in Plants muscles natural selection nectar observation ocelli orchids Origin of Species Pangenesis pistils point of view pollen Power of Movement principle of natural probably problem proboscides proved radicles reasoning relation remarkable scientific method seedlings seeds self-fertilized sensitiveness sexes sion stamens stigma structure theories of descent things tigation tion true truth tufaceous verified
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Página 37 - I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.
Página 47 - I think that I am superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.
Página 89 - This wonderful relationship in the same continent between the dead and the living, will, I do not doubt, hereafter throw more light on the appearance of organic beings on our earth and their disappearance from it than any other class of facts.
Página 216 - I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts on a wholesale scale...
Página 157 - If it could be proved that any part of the structure of any one species had been formed for the exclusive good of another species, it would annihilate my theory, for such could not have been produced through natural selection.
Página 217 - I soon perceived that selection was the keystone of man's success in making useful races of animals and plants. But how selection could be applied to organisms living in a state of nature remained for some time a mystery to nie. "In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement 'Malthus on Population,' and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of the habits...
Página 124 - Looking back, I think it was more difficult to see what the problems were than to solve them, so far as I have succeeded in doing, and this seems to me rather curious.
Página 28 - Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage. I feel sure that it was this training which has enabled me to do whatever I have done in science.
Página 15 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.