John Horgan, The End of Science (1996), Ch. 2 : The End of Philosophy
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Kuhn's recognition that science might cease—leaving us with what Charles Sanders Peirce had defined as the "truth" about nature—made it even more imperative for Kuhn than for Popper to challenge science's authority, to deny that science can ever arrive at absolute truth. "The one thing I think you shouldn't say is that now we've found out what the world is really like," Kuhn said. "Because that's not what I think the game is about."
— John Horgan on Thomas Kuhn
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Kuhn's recognition that science might cease—leaving us with what Charles Sanders Peirce had defined as the "truth" about nature—made it even more imperative for Kuhn than for Popper to challenge science's authority, to deny that science can ever arrive at absolute truth. "The one thing I think you shouldn't say is that now we've found out what the world is really like," Kuhn said. "Because that's not what I think the game is about."" in the context of "John Horgan, The End of Science (1996), Ch. 2 : The End of Philosophy" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About John Horgan
John Joseph Horgan (August 7, 1959 – November 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician serving as the 36th and Premier of British Columbia from July 2017 to November 2022. He was leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022, and MLA for the constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors from 2005 to 2023.
About John Horgan
John Joseph Horgan (August 7, 1959 – November 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician serving as the 36th and Premier of British Columbia from July 2017 to November 2022. He was leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022, and MLA for the constituency of Langford-Juan de Fuca and its predecessors from 2005 to 2023.
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