first-generation language

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eerste-generatie computertaal

1GL

1) язык

а) естественный язык, средство человеческого общения

б) система знаков, жестов или сигналов для передачи или хранения информации

в) стиль

г) речь

д) язык программирования

2) языкознание, лингвистика

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- abstract machine language

- algebraic logic functional language

- algorithmic language

- amorhic language

- axiomatic architecture description language

- basic combined programming language

- block-structured language

- boundary scan description language

- business-oriented language

- categorical abstract machine language

- cellular language

- computer hardware description language

- computer-independent language

- configuration language

- context-free language

- data definition language

- data description language

- data manipulation language

- document style semantics and specification language

- domain-specific language

- dynamic hypertext markup language

- dynamic simulation language

- extensible hypertext markup language

- extensible markup language

- fabricated language

- fifth-generation language

- first-generation language

- formal language

- fourth-generation language

- frame language

- function graph language

- geometrical layout description language

- graphics language

- hardware description language

- Hewlett-Packard graphics language

- Hewlett-Packard printer control language

- high-level language

- hypertext markup language

- hypertext markup language plus

- interactive set language

- intermediate language

- Java interface definition language

- Java language

- job control language

- Jules' own version of the international algorithmic language

- knowledge query and manipulation language

- left-associative language

- man-machine language

- mathematical markup language

- matrix-based programming language

- my favorite toy language

- native language

- network control language

- network description language

- noninteractive language

- page description language

- parallel object-oriented language

- partial differential equation language

- pattern-matching language

- practical extraction and report language

- prescriptive language

- second-generation language

- sense language

- server-parsed hypertext markup language

- set language

- simulation language

- specification and assertion language

- stack-based language

- standard generalized markup language

- statically scoped language

- string-oriented symbolic language

- string-processing language

- structural design language

- structured query language

- subset language

- symbolic layout description language

- synchronized multimedia integration language

- target language

- third-generation language

- threaded language

- very-high-speed integrated circuit hardware description language

- Vienna definition language

- virtual reality modeling language

- visual language

- wireless markup language

1) язык

а) естественный язык, средство человеческого общения

б) система знаков, жестов или сигналов для передачи или хранения информации

в) стиль

г) речь

д) язык программирования

2) языкознание, лингвистика

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- a hardware programming language

first [fɜ:st]

1. adjective

• the first of May le premier mai

• the twenty-first time la vingt et unième fois

• Charles the First Charles Ier

• first principles principes mpl premiers

• they won for the first and last time in 1992 ils ont gagné une seule et unique fois en 1992

• there's always a first time il y a un début à tout

• she doesn't know the first thing about it elle n'y connaît rien

• he went out first thing this morning il est sorti très tôt ce matin

• I'll do it first thing in the morning je le ferai demain à la première heure

• first things first! les choses importantes d'abord !

• first fruits premiers résultats

2. adverb

   a. ( = at first) d'abord ; ( = firstly) premièrement ; ( = in the beginning) au début ; ( = as a preliminary) tout d'abord

• when we first met la première fois que nous nous sommes rencontrés

• when we first lived here quand nous sommes venus habiter ici

• first separate the eggs séparez d'abord les jaunes des blancs

• first of all tout d'abord

• first and foremost en tout premier lieu

• he's a patriot first and a socialist second il est patriote avant d'être socialiste

• she arrived first elle est arrivée la première

• to come first ( = arrive) arriver le premier ; (in exam, competition) être reçu premier

• my family comes first ma famille passe avant tout

• one's health comes first il faut penser à sa santé d'abord

• I must finish this first il faut que je termine ça d'abord

   b. ( = for the first time) pour la première fois

   c. ( = in preference) plutôt

• I'd die first! plutôt mourir !

3. noun

   a. premier m, - ière f

• they were the first to come ils sont arrivés les premiers

• another first for Britain ( = achievement) une nouvelle première pour la Grande-Bretagne

• first in, first out premier entré, premier sorti

• from first to last du début à la fin

• the first I heard of it was when... la première fois que j'en ai entendu parler, c'est quand...

► at first d'abord au début

   b. ( = first gear) première f (vitesse)

• in first en première

   c. (British) ( = degree) he got a first ≈ il a eu sa licence avec mention très bien

4. compounds

► first aid noun premiers secours mpl or soins mpl

• to give first aid donner les premiers soins or secours ► first aider noun secouriste mf

► first-aid kit noun trousse f de premiers secours

► first-born adjective noun

► first cousin noun cousin (e) m(f) germain

► first edition noun première édition f

► first-ever adjective tout premier

► the first family noun (US) la famille du président

► first floor noun

• on the first floor (British) au premier (étage) ; (US) au rez-de-chaussée ► first form noun (British) ≈ (classe f de) sixième f

► first-generation adjective de première génération

• he's a first-generation American c'est un Américain de la première génération ► first grade noun (US) cours m préparatoire

► first-hand adjective [news, information] de première main

► first lady noun (US) première dame f des États-Unis (ou personne servant d'hôtesse à sa place)

► first language noun première langue f

► first lieutenant noun (British) (in navy) lieutenant m de vaisseau ; (US) (in air force) lieutenant m

► First Minister noun (in Scotland) chef du gouvernement régional écossais

► first minister noun Premier ministre m

► first name noun prénom m

• my first name is Ellis mon prénom est Ellis ► first-name adjective

• to be on first-name terms with sb appeler qn par son prénom ► first officer noun second m

► first night noun (Theatre etc) première f

► first-past-the-post system noun système m majoritaire à un tour

► first-rate adjective excellent

• to do a first-rate job faire un excellent travail ► First Secretary noun (in Wales) chef du gouvernement régional gallois

► first-time buyer noun accédant m à la propriété

► the First World War noun la Première Guerre mondiale

► first-timer (inf) noun

( = novice) débutant (e) m(f)

► first year noun (at university) première année f ; ( = student) étudiant (e) m(f) de première année

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1) (of series, group) premier/première m/f ( to do à faire)

2) ( of month)

3) First ( in titles)

4) ( initial moment)

5) ( beginning) début m

6) ( new experience) première f

7) Automobile ( gear) première f; gear

8) GB University ( degree) ≈ mention f très bien (à la licence)

1) (of series, group) premier/-ière (before n)

2) ( in phrases)

3) ( slightest)

1) ( before others) [arrive, leave] le premier/la première

2) ( to begin with) d'abord

3) ( for the first time) pour la première fois

4) ( rather) plutôt

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A a.

1 primo: the first comer, il primo venuto; a first coat of paint, una prima mano di vernice; the first officer of a ship, il primo ufficiale di bordo; the first two [three], i primi due [tre]; at first light, alle prime luci dell'alba

2 primo; più importante; principale: the first scientists in Europe, gli scienziati più importanti in Europa

B avv.

1 per primo; primo: ( sport) to come in first, arrivare primo

2 prima; per prima cosa: I must speak with him first, prima (o per prima cosa) devo parlare con lui; first of all, prima di tutto; per prima cosa; innanzitutto

3 (per) la prima volta: When did you first hear about it?, quando ne hai sentito parlare la prima volta?; when we first met, la prima volta che ci siamo incontrati; quando ci siamo conosciuti

4 inizialmente; all'inizio: when I first arrived, quando arrivai; all'inizio

5 piuttosto: He said he would die first, disse che piuttosto sarebbe morto

C n.

1 (il) primo; (la) prima: I was the first to see him, sono stato il primo a vederlo; They are the first to complain, sono i primi a protestare; Henry the First, Enrico primo

2 ( nelle date) –: April 1st, il 1 aprile

3 (in GB) laurea col massimo dei voti: to get a first in history, laurearsi in storia col massimo dei voti

4 (in GB) laureato col massimo dei voti

5 primo esempio (di qc.); primo caso; primato: to score a first, mettere a segno un primato

6 (autom.) prima ( marcia o velocità)

7 primo premio

8 ( USA, baseball) prima base

● (med.) first aid, pronto soccorso □ first-aid kit, cassetta di pronto soccorso □ first-aid station, posto di pronto soccorso □ first-aid training, addestramento al pronto soccorso □ first and foremost, soprattutto; anzitutto □ first and last, soprattutto □ first base, ( sport: baseball) prima base; (fig. USA) fase iniziale, primo stadio □ first best, ottimale; ideale; (econ.) ‘first best’: a first-best setting, un contesto ideale; (econ.) a first-best equilibrium, un equilibrio di first best □ first-born, il primo nato ( di figli); primogenito □ (geol.) first bottom, fondovalle fluviale □ first class, (sost.) (ferr., aeron.) prima classe; (rif. a corrispondenza, in GB) posta prioritaria; (market.) prima qualità ( di merce): to travel first class, viaggiare in prima classe; to send a letter first class, spedire una lettera per posta prioritaria □ first-class, (agg.) (ferr., aeron.) di prima classe; (fig.) di prima qualità; eccellente; ( di corrispondenza) di posta prioritaria: a first-class seat, un posto di prima classe; a first-class hotel, un albergo di prima categoria; un albergo eccellente; (in GB) first-class honours (degree), laurea col massimo dei voti; first-class mail, posta prioritaria; first-class stamp, francobollo di posta prioritaria □ first-degree, (med.) di primo grado: first-degree burns, ustioni di primo grado; (leg., in USA) first-degree murder, omicidio di primo grado □ (anat.) first finger, (dito) indice □ first floor, (in GB) primo piano; (in USA) pianterreno □ (in Scozia) first-footer, il primo ospite che entra in una casa dopo la mezzanotte dell'ultimo dell'anno □ (in Scozia) first-footing, visita per gli auguri di Capodanno □ first fruits, primizie; (fig.) primi frutti del proprio lavoro □ (autom.) first gear, prima (marcia) □ ( anche fig.) first-generation, della (o di) prima generazione □ ( sport) first half, primo tempo ( di una partita in due tempi) □ (rag.) first in, first out ► FIFO □ (in USA) first lady, moglie del Presidente degli USA; ( anche) moglie del Governatore di uno Stato della Federazione □ first language, lingua madre; madrelingua □ (mil., in USA) □ First Lieutenant, tenente □ first mate, primo ufficiale; secondo (di bordo) □ First Minister, primo ministro (in Irlanda del Nord, Scozia e Galles) □ (tur., di biglietto aereo, combinazione, ecc.) first-minute, first minute ( acquistato con forte sconto molto prima della partenza) □ (comm., econ.) first mover, pioniere; ‘first mover’: first-mover advantage, vantaggio della prima mossa □ first name, nome proprio; nome di battesimo: to be on first name terms with sb., chiamare per nome q.; dare del tu a q. □ ( Canada) First Nations, Prime Nazioni ( nome collettivo per la popolazione indigena del Canada) □ (teatr., cinem.) first night, prima; première (franc.) □ first-nighter, assiduo (spettatore) di prime teatrali (o cinematografiche) □ (fin.) first of exchange, prima di cambio; prima copia di una cambiale □ (fam.) first off, per prima cosa; in primo luogo (correlato con next off, ► next) □ (leg.) first offender, reo incensurato; chi delinque per la prima volta □ first officer, (naut.) = first mate ► sopra; (aeron.) secondo pilota □ first or last, prima o poi; presto o tardi □ first-order, di prim'ordine; di prima classe □ first past the post, (ipp.) primo al traguardo; (fig., polit., in GB) sistema uninominale a un turno (o a scrutinio unico), uninominale secca; sistema maggioritario a maggioranza semplice □ ( Canada) First Peoples = First Nations ► sopra □ (gramm. e fig.) first person, prima persona: written in the first person, scritto in prima persona □ first-rate, di prima qualità; di prim'ordine; di primaria importanza □ (polit.) first reading, prima lettura ( di un disegno di legge) □ (leg., market.) first refusal, diritto di prelazione; (diritto di) opzione □ ( USA) first respondent, addetto al primo intervento ( polizia, vigili del fuoco, ecc.) □ ( USA) first response, primo intervento □ (cinem., USA) first run, prima visione: a first-run theater, un cinema di prima visione □ first school, primo triennio delle elementari □ (polit.) First Secretary, primo ministro ( nel Galles, dal 1998 al 2000) □ first shift, primo turno; turno di giorno □ (cinem.) first show, prima visione □ (autom.) first speed, prima (velocità) □ (mil.) first strike, attacco di sorpresa □ (mil., fis. nucl.) first-strike weapon, arma per attacco di sorpresa □ first string, (mus.) primo violino; (fig., sport) i titolari ( di una squadra) □ first-string, di prim'ordine; di prima qualità: a first-string scientist, uno scienziato di prim'ordine □ first team player, titolare □ (fam.) first thing (tomorrow), per prima cosa (domattina) □ First things first, cominciamo dalle cose più importanti □ first-time buyer, acquirente della prima casa □ first-timer, chi fa qc. per la prima volta; esordiente □ (naut.) first watch, prima comandata ( turno di guardia dalle 8 di sera a mezzanotte) □ (econ.) the First World, i paesi a economia forte; i paesi industrializzati □ at first, in principio; dapprima; sulle prime □ at first hand, di prima mano □ at first sight (o view, blush), a prima vista □ from first to last, dall'inizio alla fine; da cima a fondo □ from the first, fin dal principio □ in the first instance (o place), in primo luogo; prima di tutto; innanzi tutto □ (fam.) not to have the first idea, non avere la più pallida idea □ not to know the first thing about st., non sapere niente di qc.; non intendersene minimamente di qc. □ of the first water, ( di pietra preziosa) di acqua purissima; (fig.) della più bell'acqua □ (prov.) First come, first served, chi primo arriva è servito per primo; ( anche) chi tardi arriva male alloggia: DIALOGO → - Parent-teacher meeting- It's first come first served this time, questa volta funziona in base all'ordine di arrivo.

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1) Расширение файла: First Generation Language (machine language)

2) Программное обеспечение: First Generation Language (Machine Language)

сокр. от first-generation language

(First Generation [programming] Language) язык уровня 1GL, язык 1-го поколения

см. тж. 2GL, 3GL, 4GL, 5GL

1) компьютер; вычислительная машина; ЭВМ; вычислительное устройство; вычислитель; редк. процессор

2) редк. счётная машина (см. тж calculator, machine)

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- active computer

- palmtop computer

- parallel computer

1) (next after, or following, the first in time, place etc: February is the second month of the year; She finished the race in second place.) segundo

2) (additional or extra: a second house in the country.) segundo

3) (lesser in importance, quality etc: She's a member of the school's second swimming team.) segundo

1) (a second person, thing etc: You're the second to arrive.) segundo

2) (a person who supports and helps a person who is fighting in a boxing match etc.) segundo, cuidador

- secondary

- seconder

1) (the sixtieth part of a minute: He ran the race in three minutes and forty-two seconds.) segundo

2) (a short time: I'll be there in a second.) segundo, instante

second¹ adj segundo

second² n segundo

tr['sekənd]

adjective

1 (gen) segundo,-a; (another) otro,-a

■ it's the second largest city in England es la segunda ciudad más grande de Inglaterra

■ Birmingham is second only to London in population sólo Londres tiene más habitantes que Birmingham

■ every second day/week/month/year cada dos días/semanas/meses/años

pronoun

1 segundo,-a

■ they've got one baby and now she's expecting a second tienen un bebé y ya espera el segundo

noun

1 (in series) segundo,-a

2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (degree) ≈ notable nombre masculino

3 SMALLAUTOMOBILES/SMALL (gear) segunda

■ in second en segunda

4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (boxing) segundo, mánager nombre masculino, cuidador nombre masculino

5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL segunda

adverb

1 segundo, en segundo lugar

■ he came second llegó segundo, quedó en segundo lugar

transitive verb

1 (motion, proposal) apoyar, secundar

2 familiar (agree) estar de acuerdo con

plural noun seconds

1 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL artículos nombre masculino plural con tara, artículos nombre masculino plural defectuosos

1 (food) segunda ración nombre femenino

■ who wants seconds? ¿quién quiere repetir?

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on second thoughts pensándolo bien

to be second nature to somebody serle completamente natural a alguien

■ don't worry, it'll soon become second nature to you no te preocupes, pronto te parecerá una cosa muy natural

to be second to none no tener igual

to have a second string to one's bow tener otra alternativa

to have second helpings repetir

to have second thoughts (about something) entrarle dudas a uno (sobre algo), cambiar de idea (sobre algo)

to play second fiddle ser segundón,-ona, desempeñar un papel secundario

second class segunda clase

Second Coming Segundo Advenimiento

second floor SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL segundo piso 2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL primer piso

second generation segunda generación nombre femenino

second half segundo tiempo

second language segundo idioma

second lieutenant alférez nombre masulino o femenino

second name apellido

second person segunda persona

second sight clarividencia

Second World War Segunda Guerra Mundial Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL See also sixth/Table 1

tr['sekənd]

noun

1 (time) segundo

■ Christie's time was 9.9 seconds Christie hizo un tiempo de 9,9 segundos

2 familiar momento, momentito

■ have you got a second? ¿tienes un momento?

■ I'll be back in a second enseguida vuelvo

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second hand (of watch) segundero

tr[sɪ'kɒnd]

transitive verb

1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL trasladar temporalmente

second ['sɛkənd] vt

: secundar, apoyar (una moción)

second or secondly ['sɛkəndli] adv

: en segundo lugar

second adj

: segundo

second n

1) : segundo m, -da f (en una serie)

2) : segundo m, segunda parte f

3) : segundo m, ayudante m (en deportes)

4) moment: segundo m, momento m

• segunda adj.

• segundo, -a adj.

• en segundo lugar adv.

• dos s.m.

• segunda s.f.

• segundante s.m.

• segundo s.m. (In a duel)

• apadrinar v.

• secundar v.

1)

a) segundo

b) (in seniority, standing) segundo

2) ( elliptical use)

a) (in position, time, order) en segundo lugar

b) ( secondly) en segundo lugar

c) ( with superl)

1)

a) ( of time) segundo m; (before n)

b) ( moment) segundo m

2)

a) second (gear) ( Auto) (no art) segunda f

b) ( in competition)

c) (BrE Educ)

3) (in boxing, wrestling) segundo m; ( in dueling) padrino m

4) ( substandard product) artículo m con defectos de fábrica

5) seconds pl ( second helping) (colloq)

1) ( support) \<\<motion/candidate\>\> secundar

2) sɪ'kɒnd ( attach) (BrE)

1. ADJ

1) (gen) segundo

2) (Mus) segundo

2. ADV

1) (in race, competition, election) en segundo lugar

2) (=secondly) segundo, en segundo lugar

3) (before superl adj)

3. N

1) (in race, competition)

2) (Aut) segunda velocidad f

3) (=assistant) (in boxing) segundo m, cuidador m ; (in duel) padrino m

4) (Brit)

5) seconds

a) (Comm) artículos mpl con defecto de fábrica

b) (Culin)

4. VT

1) [+ motion, speaker, nomination] apoyar, secundar

2) [sɪ'kɒnd]

N (in time, Geog, Math) segundo m

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1)

a) segundo

b) (in seniority, standing) segundo

2) ( elliptical use)

a) (in position, time, order) en segundo lugar

b) ( secondly) en segundo lugar

c) ( with superl)

1)

a) ( of time) segundo m; (before n)

b) ( moment) segundo m

2)

a) second (gear) ( Auto) (no art) segunda f

b) ( in competition)

c) (BrE Educ)

3) (in boxing, wrestling) segundo m; ( in dueling) padrino m

4) ( substandard product) artículo m con defectos de fábrica

5) seconds pl ( second helping) (colloq)

1) ( support) \<\<motion/candidate\>\> secundar

2) [sɪ'kɒnd] ( attach) (BrE)

   1) Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions of Sentient Beings Are Not a Subject of Science

   It is a common notion, or at least it is implied in many common modes of speech, that the thoughts, feelings, and actions of sentient beings are not a subject of science.... This notion seems to involve some confusion of ideas, which it is necessary to begin by clearing up. Any facts are fitted, in themselves, to be a subject of science, which follow one another according to constant laws; although those laws may not have been discovered, nor even to be discoverable by our existing resources. (Mill, 1900, B. VI, Chap. 3, Sec. 1)

   2) Two Contending But Complementary Philosophies of Science

   One class of natural philosophers has always a tendency to combine the phenomena and to discover their analogies; another class, on the contrary, employs all its efforts in showing the disparities of things. Both tendencies are necessary for the perfection of science, the one for its progress, the other for its correctness. The philosophers of the first of these classes are guided by the sense of unity throughout nature; the philosophers of the second have their minds more directed towards the certainty of our knowledge. The one are absorbed in search of principles, and neglect often the peculiarities, and not seldom the strictness of demonstration; the other consider the science only as the investigation of facts, but in their laudable zeal they often lose sight of the harmony of the whole, which is the character of truth. Those who look for the stamp of divinity on every thing around them, consider the opposite pursuits as ignoble and even as irreligious; while those who are engaged in the search after truth, look upon the other as unphilosophical enthusiasts, and perhaps as phantastical contemners of truth.... This conflict of opinions keeps science alive, and promotes it by an oscillatory progress. (Oersted, 1920, p. 352)

   3) The Fundamental Ideas of Science Are Essentially Simple

   Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone. (Einstein & Infeld, 1938, p. 27)

   4) A New Scientific Truth Triumphs Because Its Opponents Eventually Die

   A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. (Planck, 1949, pp. 33-34)

   [Original quotation: "Eine neue wissenschaftliche Wahrheit pflegt sich nicht in der Weise durchzusetzen, dass ihre Gegner ueberzeugt werden und sich as belehrt erklaeren, sondern vielmehr dadurch, dass die Gegner allmaehlich aussterben und dass die heranwachsende Generation von vornherein mit der Wahrheit vertraut gemacht ist." (Planck, 1990, p. 15)]

   5) The Search for the Absolute

   I had always looked upon the search for the absolute as the noblest and most worth while task of science. (Planck, 1949, p. 46)

   6) When Your Scientific Doing Is Worthless

   If you cannot-in the long run-tell everyone what you have been doing, your doing has been worthless. (SchroЁdinger, 1951, pp. 7-8)

   7) Description in Plain Language Is a Criterion of Understanding

   Even for the physicist the description in plain language will be a criterion of the degree of understanding that has been reached. (Heisenberg, 1958, p. 168)

   8) The Tentativeness of Scientific Statements

   The old scientific ideal of episteґmeґ-of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge-has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific statement must remain tentative forever. It may indeed be corroborated, but every corroboration is relative to other statements which, again, are tentative. Only in our subjective experiences of conviction, in our subjective faith, can we be "absolutely certain." (Popper, 1959, p. 280)

   9) Scientists Often Close Their Minds to New Scientific Evidence

   The layman, taught to revere scientists for their absolute respect for the observed facts, and for the judiciously detached and purely provisional manner in which they hold scientific theories (always ready to abandon a theory at the sight of any contradictory evidence) might well have thought that, at Miller's announcement of this overwhelming evidence of a "positive effect" [indicating that the speed of light is not independent from the motion of the observer, as Einstein's theory of relativity demands] in his presidential address to the American Physical Society on December 29th, 1925, his audience would have instantly abandoned the theory of relativity. Or, at the very least, that scientists-wont to look down from the pinnacle of their intellectual humility upon the rest of dogmatic mankind-might suspend judgment in this matter until Miller's results could be accounted for without impairing the theory of relativity. But no: by that time they had so well closed their minds to any suggestion which threatened the new rationality achieved by Einstein's world-picture, that it was almost impossible for them to think again in different terms. Little attention was paid to the experiments, the evidence being set aside in the hope that it would one day turn out to be wrong. (Polanyi, 1958, pp. 12-13)

    10) The Practice of Normal Science

   The practice of normal science depends on the ability, acquired from examplars, to group objects and situations into similarity sets which are primitive in the sense that the grouping is done without an answer to the question, "Similar with respect to what?" (Kuhn, 1970, p. 200)

    11) Of What Science Consists

   Science in general... does not consist in collecting what we already know and arranging it in this or that kind of pattern. It consists in fastening upon something we do not know, and trying to discover it. (Collingwood, 1972, p. 9)

    12) The Emergence of Scientific Fields

   Scientific fields emerge as the concerns of scientists congeal around various phenomena. Sciences are not defined, they are recognized. (Newell, 1973a, p. 1)

    13) We Do Not Take Our Theories Seriously Enough

   This is often the way it is in physics-our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough. I do not think it is possible really to understand the successes of science without understanding how hard it is-how easy it is to be led astray, how difficult it is to know at any time what is the next thing to be done. (Weinberg, 1977, p. 49)

    14) Science Takes away Philosophical Foundations

   Science is wonderful at destroying metaphysical answers, but incapable of providing substitute ones. Science takes away foundations without providing a replacement. Whether we want to be there or not, science has put us in a position of having to live without foundations. It was shocking when Nietzsche said this, but today it is commonplace; our historical position-and no end to it is in sight-is that of having to philosophize without "foundations." (Putnam, 1987, p. 29)