The faith of scientists in the power and truth of mathematics is so implicit that their work has gradually become less and less observation, and more and more calculation.... But the facts which are accepted by virtue of these tests are not actually observed at all.


Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art (1942)

Susanne Langer Quotes

The faith of scientists in the power and truth of mathematics is so implicit that their work has gradually become less and less observation, and more ...

The faith of scientists in the power and truth of mathematics is so implicit that their work has gradually become less and less observation, and more ...

The faith of scientists in the power and truth of mathematics is so implicit that their work has gradually become less and less observation, and more ...

The faith of scientists in the power and truth of mathematics is so implicit that their work has gradually become less and less observation, and more ...