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The history of science shows that great discoveries are made by means of imaginative insight, but it also teaches that mere imagination without dependence upon known facts is frequently a source of much mischief.

James Edwin Creighton

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James Edwin Creighton

James Edwin Creighton

Born: April 8, 1861
Died: October 8, 1924 (aged 63)
Bio: James Edwin Creighton, was an American philosopher who believed no system of thought can be the product of an isolated mind.
Known for:
  1. An Introductory Logic (1898)
  2. The Will, Its Structure and Mode of Action (1898)

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