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The Scientific Attitude

Kind
Book
Date
1968
Retrieved
May 29, 2014
ISBN
ROfCQgAACA

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Science Distinguished from the Magical

Science is the organised attempt of mankind to discover how things work as causal systems. The scientific attitude of mind is an interest in such questions. It can be contrasted with other attitudes, which have different interests; for instance the magical, which attempts to make things work not as material systems…