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The Object of Observation and Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

Laurence J. Lafleur
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Extract

A passing remark may at times be a clearer indication of basic conceptions or misconceptions than a well-pondered dissertation, and the present article had its inception in a passing remark of Professor Dewey's, to the effect that no man has as yet seen an atom, although it is quite possible that atoms might be observed in the future.

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Philosophy , Volume 18 , Issue 71 , November 1943 , pp. 195 - 203
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1943

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References

page 197 note 1 See “Epistemological Functionalism,” Philosophical Review, 09 1941Google Scholar. For an application of this principle, cf. “A Functionalistic Interpretation of Mathematics,” Scripta Mathematica, 1941Google Scholar.

page 198 note 1 See “Conceptual Relativity,” Journal of Philosophy, vol. 37, No. 16, 08 1, 1940Google Scholar. For an application of this branch of the doctrine, cf. “Relativity in Biology,” Acta Biotheoretica, 05 1941Google Scholar.

page 203 note 1 Epistemological Functionalism, p. 472Google Scholar.