It will seem not a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually called Pure Mathematics, since the current opinion is that observations are restricted to physical objects that make impressions on the senses.


In: G. Polya, Induction and Analogy in Mathematics (Volume 1)


It will seem not a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually...

It will seem not a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually...

It will seem not a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually...

It will seem not a little paradoxical to ascribe a great importance to observations even in that part of the mathematical sciences which is usually...