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The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share the complete lack of empirical content which is associated with that certainty: The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.

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The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame as the queen of the sciences, is no doubt the peculiar certainty and necessity of its results.

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To characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or of the spatial properties of relationships of actual bodies is intended, and any similarities between the primitive concepts and their customary geometrical connotations are purely coincidental.

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A geometrical theory in physical interpretation can never be validated with mathematical certainty... ; like any other theory of empirical science, it can acquire only a more or less high degree of confirmation.

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Carl Gustav Hempel

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Born: January 8, 1905
Died: November 9, 1997 (aged 92)
Bio: Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel was a German writer and philosopher. He was a major figure in logical empiricism, a 20th-century movement in the philosophy of science.
Known for:
  1. Philosophy of Natural Science (1966)
  2. The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel
  3. Selected Philosophical Essays

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