But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as truth, or probability, or explanatory power - could not possibly be among the reasons for its currency.


On Enlightenment (ed. Transaction Publishers, 2013) - ISBN: 9781412851862

David Stove Quotes

But the stupidity which is common to all such explanations is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as ...

But the stupidity which is common to all such explanations is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as ...

But the stupidity which is common to all such explanations is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as ...

But the stupidity which is common to all such explanations is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as ...