It is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations.


In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 16), On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Andreas Osiander Quotes

It is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations.

It is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations.

It is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations.

It is not necessary that these hypotheses should be true, or even probably; but it is enough if they provide a calculus which fits the observations.