Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... simple act . Now it is easy to see that the ordinary function of positive science is analysis . Positive science works , then , above all , with symbols . Even the most concrete of the natural sciences , those concerned with life ...
... simple act . Now it is easy to see that the ordinary function of positive science is analysis . Positive science works , then , above all , with symbols . Even the most concrete of the natural sciences , those concerned with life ...
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... simple . If we study the history of science , we see happen two inverse phenomena , so to speak . Sometimes simplicity hides under com- plex appearances ; sometimes it is the simplicity which is appar- ent , and which disguises ...
... simple . If we study the history of science , we see happen two inverse phenomena , so to speak . Sometimes simplicity hides under com- plex appearances ; sometimes it is the simplicity which is appar- ent , and which disguises ...
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... simple under the complex , then the complex under the simple , then again the simple under the complex , and so on , without our being able to foresee what will be the last term . We must stop somewhere , and that science may be ...
... simple under the complex , then the complex under the simple , then again the simple under the complex , and so on , without our being able to foresee what will be the last term . We must stop somewhere , and that science may be ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
On the Improvement of the Understanding Benedict | 30 |
INTRODUCTION | 68 |
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