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Dis eggsaladt kare pak be indi, induc–sho hao kind ewe r.
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What a truly ecstasy-induc - ingly correct observation. '
Mostly Harmless Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1992
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Now what the sciences stand in need of is a form of induc - tion which shall analyze experience and take it to pieces, and by a due process of exclusion and rejection lead to an inevitable conclusion [that is, to axioms and causes] (Bacon, ed.J. M. Robertson, p. 249).
Dictionary of the History of Ideas HENRY GUERLAC 1968
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They were not always clear, and certainly not always agreed, on what exactly “scientific method” consisted of, particularly as to the relative importance of induc - tion and deduction, experiment and mathematics.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas WALTER SIMON 1968
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Aristotle analyzed analogical argument as such in the form of the paradigm, explaining its relation to induc - tion and showing that it is not formally demonstrative.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas G. E. R. LLOYD 1968
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This presupposed a certain view of scientific method, dating back to Bacon, which is often called “induc - tivism” or “observationalism” (Popper, 1962).
BEHAVIORISM R. S. PETERS 1968
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(_Lectio_) Frange esurienti panem tuum, et egenos vagosque induc in domum tuam; cum videris nudum, operi eum, et carnem tuam ne despexeris.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Indian whoe we had given a longer gun to induc them to pilot us across the Mountains. we caused every man to fill his horn with powder & have
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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Some Corn, as a deception, with a view to induc a belief that they were
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791
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In 2002 h e wa s induc te d into th e Ala b a m a S ports Ha ll of F a m e a nd th e Te nne s s e e s ports • Ha ll of F a m e in 2005.
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