William James Quote

As the sciences have developed further, the notion has gained ground that most, perhaps all, of our laws are only approximations.


Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, Lecture II (p. 43), Longmans, Green & Company. 1914


As the sciences have developed further, the notion has gained ground that most, perhaps all, of our laws are only approximations.

As the sciences have developed further, the notion has gained ground that most, perhaps all, of our laws are only approximations.

As the sciences have developed further, the notion has gained ground that most, perhaps all, of our laws are only approximations.

As the sciences have developed further, the notion has gained ground that most, perhaps all, of our laws are only approximations.