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Single Idea 14767

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics ]

Full Idea

The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine.

Gist of Idea

The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)

Book Ref

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce', ed/tr. Buchler,Justus [Dover 1940], p.2

Related Idea

Idea 14764 I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]

The 5 ideas from 'Concerning the Author'

14764 I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]
14765 Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce]
14766 Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]
14767 The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]
14768 Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]