It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization and classification of knowledge on the basis of explanatory principles that is the distinctive goal of… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware of all the principles underlying what they were doing. The real nature of the tools… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
Like Molière's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being… — Ernest Nagel Copy Share Image
