1. The Use of Hypothesis 504
2. Requisites of a good Hypothesis 510
3. Possibility of Deductive Reasoning 511
4. Consistency with the Laws of Nature 514
5. Conformity with Facts 516
6. Experimentum Crucis 518
7. Descriptive Hypotheses 522
From The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method by William Stanley Jevons.
1. The Use of Hypothesis 504
2. Requisites of a good Hypothesis 510
3. Possibility of Deductive Reasoning 511
4. Consistency with the Laws of Nature 514
5. Conformity with Facts 516
6. Experimentum Crucis 518
7. Descriptive Hypotheses 522