Carl Gustav Hempel Quote

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.


The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel: Studies in Science, Explanation, and Rationality (ed. Oxford University Press, 2001) - ISBN: 9780195343878


The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame...

The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame...

The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame...

The most distinctive characteristic which differentiates mathematics from the various branches of empirical science, and which accounts for its fame...