Deductions Quote by Alfred North Whitehead

“There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.” quote by Alfred North Whitehead — Download Open image

“There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the two ends of a worm to quarrel.”

Alfred North Whitehead

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