The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities. (Bertrand Russell)

The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities.

Bertrand Russell

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