inductively-established

Updated: May 27, 2025

But what we wish to show is that, given these inductively-established primary facts in physiology, we may with safety draw certain general deductions from them. And, indeed, the legitimacy of such deductions, though not formally acknowledged, is practically recognized in the convictions of every physiologist, as may be readily proved.

Herbert Spencer - Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I