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Bertrand Russell: "Orang pertama yang mengatakan "api terbakar&qu...

"Orang pertama yang mengatakan "api terbakar" menggunakan metode ilmiah, jika dia membiarkan dirinya dibakar beberapa kali. Pria ini sudah melewati dua tahap pengamatan dan generalisasi. Namun, dia tidak menuntut apa yang diminta oleh teknik ilmiah - pilihan cermat atas fakta-fakta penting di satu sisi, dan, di sisi lain, berbagai cara untuk mencapai undang-undang selain dari generalisasi saya semata."

--- Bertrand Russell

Versi Bahasa Inggris

The first man who said "fire burns" was employing scientific method, at any rate if he had allowed himself to be burnt several times. This man had already passed through the two stages of observation and generalization. He had not, however, what scientific technique demands - a careful choice of significant facts on the one hand, and, on the other hand, various means of arriving at laws otherwise than my mere generalization.