MEIKLEJOHN A
Br J Ind Med. 1951 Jul;8(3):127-37. doi: 10.1136/oem.8.3.127.
“To the advancement of all the inductive sciences, a knowledge has been necessary as well of the position of the particular science at the moment of investigation, as of the steps by which that position had been obtained; this in turn, tending to throw light on the direction in which future progress might be expected.”
对于所有归纳科学的进步而言,了解特定科学在研究之时的状况以及该状况是通过哪些步骤得以达成的知识是必要的;这反过来又有助于阐明有望取得未来进展的方向。