viii WHAT IS SCIENCE? 



do not desire that they should confine their attention 

 to the generalities with which this book is concerned, 

 no references are given to more detailed works covering 

 the same ground. But perhaps it should be remarked 

 that the subjects discussed, though concerned with 

 science, are not part of science ; and that, accordingly, 

 there is much more difference of opinion about some of 

 them than there would be about subjects more strictly 

 scientific. Since it is my object to arouse interest 

 rather than to convey information, I have not hesitate 

 sometimes to assert dogmatically what others, equally 

 qualified to judge, would vehemently deny. 



