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Single Idea 14764

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism ]

Full Idea

I am saturated, through and through, with the spirit of the physical sciences.

Gist of Idea

I am saturated with the spirit of physical science

Source

Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.1)

Book Ref

Peirce,Charles Sanders: 'Philosophical Writings of Peirce', ed/tr. Buchler,Justus [Dover 1940], p.1

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]