I had some hesitations about philosophy because, if you worked out a philosophical theory, it was hard to know whether you were going to be able to prove it or whether other theories had just as good a claim on belief.
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- Author's profession: Mathematician
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 5, 1909
- Died: January 25, 1994
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