In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses, until yet other phenomena make such propositions either more exact or liable to exceptions.


The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1687), 3rd edition (1726), trans. I. B. Cohen and Anne Whitman (1999), Book 3, Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy, Rule 4

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In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding ...

In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding ...

In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding ...

In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding ...