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The idea that the universe possesses an intrinsic, distinct, and objective character is known in philosophy as realism and in ordinary life as common sense. It is an idea that in the twentieth century has come under attack. Literary critics see texts receding behind texts, the objective world vanishing in whorl of words. Philosophers of science? They busy themselves by calling attention to the sheer conventionality of scientific thought, paradigms piling up behind paradigms. There is no progress in the passage from paradigm to paradigm, only the rouged lips of fashion. ... Quoted from the book: A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinski
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:17:31 +0000

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