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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
The foundations of a house are useless in themselves; they exist merely to support the living rooms which we build for our enjoyment, comfort, and protection. Yet the superstructure cannot exist without the foundations, although the foundations can exist without a superstructure. Facts are the foundations of science: they are of no interest in themselves, but only as they serve to support theories in which we house our lives.