- Distinguished
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process by which young men are trained to become members of the scientific profession.
- Chemistry
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- Nov 07, 2020
And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
But the system of prices ruling the market not only transmits information in the light of which economic agents can mutually adjust their actions, it also provides them with an incentive to exercise economy in terms of money.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule.
- Evoking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all our knowledge of mental processes, like feelings or conscious intellectual activities, is based on a knowledge which we cannot tell.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moreover, only a strong and united scientific opinion imposing the intrinsic value of scientific progress on society at large can elicit the support of scientific inquiry by the general public.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated.
- Determined
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- Nov 07, 2020
No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.
- Enlightenment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.
- Evolution
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- Nov 07, 2020