Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, but to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena.
Atomic model
Our task is not to penetrate the essence of things, but to develop concepts which allow us to talk in a productive way about phenomena.
Atomic model
From his operationalist philosophy of science.
Mid 20th century
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