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''Hypotheses non fingo'' (Latin for "I feign no hypotheses," "I frame no hypotheses," or "I contrive no hypotheses") is a famous phrase used by Isaac Newton in an essay, ''General Scholium'', which was appended to the second (1713) edition of the ''Principia''. Here is a modern translation (published 1999) of the passage containing this famous remark: The nineteenth century philosopher of science, William Whewell, qualified this statement, as, he said, "it was by such a use of hypotheses, that both Newton himself and Kepler, on whose discoveries those of Newton were based, made their discoveries". :"What is requisite is, that the hypotheses should be close to the facts, and not connected with them by other arbitrary and untried facts; and that the philosopher should be ready to resign it as soon as the facts refuse to confirm it."〔 〕 ==See also== * Action at a distance * ''Primum movens'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hypotheses non fingo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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