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Henri Poincaré declared, of the mathematical calculus of probability, that without it ‘science would be impossible’ (Poincaré, 1952: 186). And Bertrand Russell was equally forthright: ‘we cannot understand scientific method,’ he said,
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“Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.”
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“A critique does not consist in saying that things aren't good the way they are. It consists in seeing on just what type of assumptions, of familiar notions, of established and unexamined ways of thinking the accepted practices are based... To do criticism is to make harder those acts which are now too easy.”
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“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
― What Is History?
― What Is History?
“ideology signifies a phenomenon intermediate between a simple lie at one pole, and an error, which is the result of a distorted and faulty conceptual apparatus, at the other.”
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“There are two basic ways to criticize an argument:
■ Challenge the premises-show that at least one is false.
■ Challenge the reasoning-show that the premises are not a good reason for the conclusion.”
― An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
■ Challenge the premises-show that at least one is false.
■ Challenge the reasoning-show that the premises are not a good reason for the conclusion.”
― An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
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