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Full Idea
We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain.
Gist of Idea
We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain
Source
W.H. Newton-Smith (The Rationality of Science [1981], II.3)
Book Ref
Newton-Smith,W.H.: 'The Rationality of Science' [RKP 1981], p.31