Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An historical example of anthropomorphic language in science writing:
"For example, in the theory of gravitation we suppose an agent,–viz. force, or mechanical power,–to act on any material body which is placed in the presence of any other, and to urge the two mutually towards each other. This is a vera causa; for heavy bodies (that is, all bodies, but some more, some less,) tend to, or endeavour to reach, the earth, and require the exertion of force to counteract this endeavour, or to keep them up."
Sir John F. W. Herschel
Herschel, J. F. W. (1830). Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy.
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