“A high place of honor, although doubtless one to be obtained only after enduring the pangs of a prolonged crucifixion, awaits that philosophical biologist, or that philosopher sufficiently acquainted with scientific biology, who subjects the modern doctrine of evolution to a thoroughly critical analysis, with a view to detect and to estimate its metaphysical assumptions.” ViewsModernSubjectsEvolutionHonorPhilosophicalEndurePhilosopherCriticalDoctrineAnalysisAssumptionBiologyMetaphysicalCrucifixionBiologistHigh PlacesCritical Analysis Author:George Trumbull Ladd
“Without the ontological assumption which goes with it, what is called science, is nothing but the dreamer's well-ordered dream.” WellsDreamAssumptionDreamer Book:Philosophy of Mind Source: Philosophy of Mind