1. But see Chomsky, N. (1993) Language and Thought, Moyer Bell, London, esp. pp. 16–18.
2. Mayr, E. (1982) The Growth of Biological Thought, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, esp. pp. 31–32; Mayr, E. (1988) Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.
3. Hooke, R. (1705) The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke Containing his Cutlerian Lectures and Other Discourses, Read at the Meetings of the Illustrious Royal Society (Waller, R., ed.), Cass, London. Reprinted in facsimile (1971) Brown, T.M., ed.
4. As H.I. Brown would agree: see Brown, H.I. (1987) Observation and Objectivity, Oxford University Press. See also the insightful essay by Gell, P. (1983) Subjectivism and interactionism in arts and science. In Common Denominators in Art and Science (Pollock, M., ed.), pp. 81–83, Aberdeen University Press.
5. Hooke, R. (1665) Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries thereupon (fol. a), Martyn and Allestry, London.