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Excerpt from Prelogical Experience: An Inquiry Into Dreams and Other Creative Processes
I] It is interesting to note, however, that even in physics in recent years there has been a trend away from the earlier positivistic position toward a broader position that includes indirection - a widening of the logical gap between observations and basic concepts or laws. Science is often enabled to proceed in a productive, explanatory, and predictive fashion by first setting up fictitious concepts rather than those fully definable by observ ables. Thus, even in physics, there is a metaphoric vocabulary that is legiti mate during the early phases of concept formation.
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I] It is interesting to note, however, that even in physics in recent years there has been a trend away from the earlier positivistic position toward a broader position that includes indirection - a widening of the logical gap between observations and basic concepts or laws. Science is often enabled to proceed in a productive, explanatory, and predictive fashion by first setting up fictitious concepts rather than those fully definable by observ ables. Thus, even in physics, there is a metaphoric vocabulary that is legiti mate during the early phases of concept formation.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Edward S. Tauber
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ISBN - 9780365327134
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 208
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Contributors
Author
Edward S. Tauber
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ISBN - 9780282448004
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 210
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