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... scientific sceptic . It is , so the critics assure us , not the gifted indi- vidual , but the spirit of the age and the contemporary trends of society - what Goethe called the Zeitgeist — that deserve the credit for these cumulative ...
... scientific sceptic . It is , so the critics assure us , not the gifted indi- vidual , but the spirit of the age and the contemporary trends of society - what Goethe called the Zeitgeist — that deserve the credit for these cumulative ...
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... scientific ideal of epistēmē — of absolutely certain , demon- strable knowledge - has proved to be an idol . The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific state- ment must remain tentative for ever . It ...
... scientific ideal of epistēmē — of absolutely certain , demon- strable knowledge - has proved to be an idol . The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific state- ment must remain tentative for ever . It ...
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... scientific and pseudo - scientific theories — the golden section , the secrets of perspective , Dürer's and Leonardo's ' ultimate laws ' of proportion , * Cézanne's doctrine ' everything in nature is modelled on the sphere , the cone ...
... scientific and pseudo - scientific theories — the golden section , the secrets of perspective , Dürer's and Leonardo's ' ultimate laws ' of proportion , * Cézanne's doctrine ' everything in nature is modelled on the sphere , the cone ...
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword by Professor Sir Cyril Burt | 13 |
Authors Preface | 21 |
THE LOGIC OF LAUGHTER | 27 |
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