Bernard Williams Quote

Positivism... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer tells, such as it is, is obvious. The story he or she tells is usually a bad one, and its being obvious only means that it is familiar.


Truth and Truthfulness (2002)


Positivism... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer...

Positivism... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer...

Positivism... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer...

Positivism... implies the double falsehood that no interpretation is needed, and that it is not needed because the story which the positivist writer...