The steps to scientific as well as other knowledge consist in a series of logical fictions which are as legitimate as they are indispensable in the operations of thought, but whose relations to the phenomena whereof they are the partial and not unfrequently merely symbolical representations must never be lost sight of.


The Concepts and Theories of Modern Physics, Chapter XVI (p. 296), D. Appleton & Co. 1884

John Stallo Quotes

The steps to scientific as well as other knowledge consist in a series of logical fictions which are as legitimate as they are indispensable in the...

The steps to scientific as well as other knowledge consist in a series of logical fictions which are as legitimate as they are indispensable in the...

The steps to scientific as well as other knowledge consist in a series of logical fictions which are as legitimate as they are indispensable in the...

The steps to scientific as well as other knowledge consist in a series of logical fictions which are as legitimate as they are indispensable in the...