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− | | As a result, we can hardly conceive of how many possibilities there are | |
− | | for what we call objective reality. Our sharp quills of knowledge are so
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− | | are myriads of totally different real worlds, each one accessible from the
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− | | Herbert J. Bernstein, "Idols", page 38.
| + | <p>As a result, we can hardly conceive of how many possibilities there are for what we call objective reality. Our sharp quills of knowledge are so narrow and so concentrated in particular directions that with science there are myriads of totally different real worlds, each one accessible from the next simply by slight alterations — shifts of gaze — of every particular discipline and subspecialty. |
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− | | Herbert J. Bernstein, | + | |- |
− | |"Idols of Modern Science & The Reconstruction of Knowledge", pages 37-68 in:
| + | | align="right" | — Herbert J. Bernstein, "Idols of Modern Science", [HJB, 38] |
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− | | Marcus G. Raskin & Herbert J. Bernstein,
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− | |'New Ways of Knowing: The Sciences, Society, & Reconstructive Knowledge', | |
− | | Rowman & Littlefield, Totowa, NJ, 1987.
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| This Subsection highlights an issue of "style" that arises in describing | | This Subsection highlights an issue of "style" that arises in describing |
| a formal language. In broad terms, I use the word "style" to refer to a | | a formal language. In broad terms, I use the word "style" to refer to a |