Periodicals>Journal Article:  Myrianthopoulos, Ntinos C. (February 2000), The Philosophic Origins of Science and the Evolution of the Two Cultures, CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases, Retrieved on 2013-07-30
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    30 JUL 2013

     Aristotle as the First Scientist

    Aristotle repeatedly pointed out that his predecessors' work and conclusions were often marred by insufficient observation. He himself, after a remarkable analysis of the reproduction of bees, states that he cannot arrive at certain conclusions because "the facts have not yet been sufficiently ascertained. And if at any future time they are ascertained, then credence must be given to the direct evidence rather than to the theories; and to the theories also, provided that the results which the...
    Folksonomies: history science philosophy greek
    Folksonomies: history science philosophy greek
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    Classification of animals, empirical observations... he got much wrong, but to call into question his achievements for this is like criticizing the invention of Calculus because Newton believed in magic.

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