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> [“I did not write this work merely with the aim of setting the exegetical record straight. My larger target is those contemporaries who -- in repeated acts of wish-fulfillment -- have appropriated conclusions from the philosophy of science and put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-the-aim-of-setting-the/)

Larry Laudan

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## More by Larry Laudan

> [The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts-and-evidence-matter-by-the/)

Larry Laudan

> [“I did not write this work merely with the aim of setting the exegetical record straight. My larger target is those contemporaries who --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-the-aim-of-setting-the/)

Larry Laudan

> [The rationale for accepting or rejecting any theory is thus fundamentally based on the idea of problem-solving progress. If one research tradition has solved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/the-rationale-for-accepting-or-rejecting-any-theory-is-thus/)

Larry Laudan

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