Single Idea 2455

[catalogued under 14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment]

Full Idea

You can put yourself into a situation where you may be caused to believe that P. Putting a question to someone who is in the know is one species of this behaviour, and putting a question to Nature (an experiment) is another.

Gist of Idea

Interrogation and experiment submit us to having beliefs caused

Source

Jerry A. Fodor (The Elm and the Expert [1993], §4)

Book Reference

Fodor,Jerry A.: 'The Elm and the Expert' [MIT 1995], p.94