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... example may be found in Thünen's fiction of an imaginary city . He introduced it into economics , at the beginning of the nineteenth century , in order to explain the relations between agriculture , transportation , etc. It was this ...
... example may be found in Thünen's fiction of an imaginary city . He introduced it into economics , at the beginning of the nineteenth century , in order to explain the relations between agriculture , transportation , etc. It was this ...
Page 283
... example of a fiction in mathematical thought . 22. In mechanics . 23. " What we call a natural law is a fiction . " In what sense ? 24. " All abstractions . . . all generalizations are fictions . " plain . 25. Cite an example of a ...
... example of a fiction in mathematical thought . 22. In mechanics . 23. " What we call a natural law is a fiction . " In what sense ? 24. " All abstractions . . . all generalizations are fictions . " plain . 25. Cite an example of a ...
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... example of brute beasts , it may serve well enough to qualify and prove this my argument . For instance , we read often of the pity that storks have to their old and decayed parents . And generally , we know , there are many sorts of ...
... example of brute beasts , it may serve well enough to qualify and prove this my argument . For instance , we read often of the pity that storks have to their old and decayed parents . And generally , we know , there are many sorts of ...
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