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INASMUCH as science is an organised knowledge of the phenomena of nature and the laws which govern these phenomena, and since this knowledge is acquired through the senses and interpreted by the intellect of man, it is obvious that the groundwork of science must be sought for in the human mind. To many this may seem a self-evident proposition, but it nevertheless furnishes Dr. Mivart with material for the ten chapters of which the present work is composed. The aim and objects of the book are set forth in a preliminary way in the introductory chapter, from which we give the following extract as fairly representing the author's position:
The Groundwork of Science; a Study of Epistemology.
By St. George Mivart (The Progressive Science Series.) Pp. xvii + 331. (London: John Murray, 1898.)
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MELDOLA, R. The Groundwork of Science; a Study of Epistemology. Nature 59, 577–579 (1899). https://doi.org/10.1038/059577a0
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