...Twentieth-Century Sociology (New York: Philosophical Library, 1945), pp. 366-405. Reprinted with permission. infusion from the will and affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one would.' " And Nietzsche had set down a host of aphorisms on the ways in which needs...

...Windelband, A History of Philosophy, trans. JH Tufts [2d ed.; New York: Macmillan Co., l926], p. 384.) 7 "The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one would.' For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes." (Francis Bacon,...

...her into conformity with his placets, leads her about like a captive in a procession."83 In short, "the human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affec., i, 45. ., i, 46. , i, 63. tions, whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one...

...our perceptions are not objective, neutral, or independent of our feelings but are motivated by them: "The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections." We are impatient at difficult research. We reject "sober things, because they narrow hope." We are...

...that impact was the main cause of the Kl T boundary extinction. The Reception of the Impact Hypothesis For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. —Francis Bacon, 1620, Aphorism xlix, Novum Organum Because the geological community was largely unfamiliar...

...broken, nor can nature be conquered except by being obeyed. — Francis Bacon, The Great Instauration The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would wish." For what a man had rather were true he readily believes. — Francis...

...democratization, we need to have an accurate understanding of its history. 12 In Defense of Bacon Alan Soble What a man had rather were true he more readily believes....rejects difficult things from impatience of research, Francis Bacon, Novum organum, book 1 , 49 Feminist science critics, in particular Sandra Harding, Carolyn...

...misrepresentations! Perhaps they should have kept in mind Sir Francis Bacon's famous words: "For what man had rather were true he more readily believes....Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience... things not commonly believed out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are...

...causes of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so. 49 The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he...

...causes of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so. The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections, whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one would.' For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he...