William Whewell Quote

The framing of hypotheses is, for the inquirer after truth, not the end, but the beginning of his work.


The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History, (Volume 2), Book XI, Chapter V (p. 57)


The framing of hypotheses is, for the inquirer after truth, not the end, but the beginning of his work.

The framing of hypotheses is, for the inquirer after truth, not the end, but the beginning of his work.

The framing of hypotheses is, for the inquirer after truth, not the end, but the beginning of his work.

The framing of hypotheses is, for the inquirer after truth, not the end, but the beginning of his work.