From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
Subject: Re: Science and methodology (was: Homeopathy ... tradition?)
Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX
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In article <1993Apr15.150550.15347@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> ccreegan@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles L. Creegan) writes:
>
>What about Kekule's infamous derivation of the idea of benzene rings
>from a daydream of snakes in the fire biting their tails?  Is this
>specific enough to count?  Certainly it turns up repeatedly in basic
>phil. of sci. texts as an example of the inventive component of
>hypothesizing. 

I sometimes wonder if Kekule's dream wasn't just a wee bit influenced by
aromatic solvent vapors ;-) heh heh.


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