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The Experiment and its Role in the Theory of Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Silvio Fiala
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Extract

The theory of knowledge is justified only by its results. Each of its statements is essentially an hypothesis, valuable in so far as its practical purpose is fulfilled. Consequently, the same speculative characteristics common to all natural sciences, must be attributed also to the theory of knowledge.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1951 , pp. 253 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © 1951, The Williams & Wilkins Company

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