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Ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'The Sentiment of Rationality' and 'Wiener Logik'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
A single explanation must have a single point of view [James]
     Full Idea: A single explanation of a fact only explains it from a single point of view.
     From: William James (The Sentiment of Rationality [1882], p.23)
     A reaction: I take this to imply that multiple viewpoints lead us towards objectivity. The single viewpoint of an expert is of much greater value than that of a novice, on the whole.