Literary notes about scientific (AI summary)
The word “scientific” is employed in literature to evoke a sense of methodical inquiry, rationality, and precision, but its usage is remarkably varied. In some works it denotes a rigorous adherence to method, as when Jules Verne presents “a quite real and serious danger” that must be addressed through scientific means [1, 2], while in others it characterizes personality or occupation, as seen when characters are described as having a “scientific mind” or being engaged in scientific work [3, 4, 5]. Authors like John Dewey expand the term to indicate a systematic approach to understanding and production [6, 7, 8], whereas satirical or humorous portrayals can simultaneously celebrate and question scientific precision, such as in Mark Twain’s lively descriptions [9, 10]. Moreover, “scientific” is not confined only to empirical investigation—it also serves as a marker of cultural authority and intellectual rigor, evident in discussions of research and hypothesis across diverse genres [11, 12, 13].
- But now it was no longer an issue of a scientific problem to be solved, but a quite real and serious danger to be avoided.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - It was then no longer a scientific problem to be solved, but a real danger seriously to be avoided.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - The scientific thinker also does this to a much greater extent.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer - I was training a crowd of ignorant folk into experts—experts in every sort of handiwork and scientific calling.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - Yartsev is not a tradesman; he is a scientific man, and every moment of his life is precious.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - and by discovering method of production 3. Scientific.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - If we revert to the advantages of scientific over empirical thinking, we find that we now have the clue to them.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - But scientific terminology has an additional use.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - “That’s what I envy you, that you are able to mix in these interesting scientific circles,” he said.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - It would combine the advantages of Zurich, Freiburg, Creuzot and the Sheffield Scientific.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner - It is the scientific use of the imagination, but we have always some material basis on which to start our speculation.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - At bottom, the confidence inspired by scientific concepts is due to the fact that they can be methodically controlled.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - It remains to ask how far a scientific investigation of the causes of pleasure and pain can assist us in dealing with this practical problem.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick
