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Quotation from Novum Organon Renovatum by William Whewell

“It is a test of true theories not only to account for, but to predict phenomena.”

William Whewell

Novum Organon Renovatum, Book II, ch. V, Aphorism XII (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858))

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The first of Whewell's tests of hypotheses.

Citation: "It is a test of true theories not only to account for, but to predict phenomena." — William Whewell, Novum Organon Renovatum, Book II, ch. V, Aphorism XII (Project Gutenberg text (3rd ed., 1858)). (id whewell-novum-organon-renovatum-q4)

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