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Ideas for 'How the Laws of Physics Lie', 'Human, All Too Human' and 'The Rationality of Science'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

14857

The highest wisdom has the guise of simplicity [Nietzsche]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

14854

Deep thinkers know that they are always wrong [Nietzsche]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

14833

Comedy is a transition from fear to exuberance [Nietzsche]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

3859	We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith]

3870	The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith]

3853	For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

3854	Positivists hold that theoretical terms change, but observation terms don't [Newton-Smith]

3855	Critics attack positivist division between theory and observation [Newton-Smith]