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... method . The pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable . Is the world one or many ? -fated or free ? -material or spiritual ? -here are notions either of which may or ...
... method . The pragmatic method is primarily a method of settling metaphysical disputes that otherwise might be interminable . Is the world one or many ? -fated or free ? -material or spiritual ? -here are notions either of which may or ...
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... method of science supplies no guarantees against error , it does not preclude alternative solutions to problems , and it certifies none of its conclusions as eternally valid . But since it is in essence a self - corrective method , and ...
... method of science supplies no guarantees against error , it does not preclude alternative solutions to problems , and it certifies none of its conclusions as eternally valid . But since it is in essence a self - corrective method , and ...
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... method - again and again , for the particular method for which the claim has been advanced has never proved able to embrace all fields and all subject - matters , and men have had to try once more , with a method more adequate . The ...
... method - again and again , for the particular method for which the claim has been advanced has never proved able to embrace all fields and all subject - matters , and men have had to try once more , with a method more adequate . The ...
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