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Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Alfred North Whitehead quotes about progress

English Mathematician February 15, 1861 – December 30, 1947

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The truth is that science started its modern career by taking over ideas derived from the weakest side of the philosophies of Aristotle's successors. In some respects it was a happy choice. It enabled the knowledge of the seventeenth century to be formularised so far as physics and chemistry were concerned, with a completeness which has lasted to the present time. But the progress of biology and psychology has probably been checked by the uncritical assumption of half-truths. If science is... Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to..."
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. Alfred North Whitehead
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead quote: "Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of..."
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas. Alfred North Whitehead

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