"It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described."

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Source : W. V. Quine, Willard Van Orman Quine (1981). “Theories and Things”, p.21, Harvard University Press

Willard Van Orman Quine

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“Excuses sound best to the person that's making 'em up!”
“The cure might be worse than the problem”
“After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.”

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