Quote: Pappian heuristic--derive consequences of a conjecture; if true, rederive the original conjecture, thus yielding a final truth; failed for science

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The answer [to Why not reject interesting proofs that are not final?] is in the celebrated Pappian … which contained both necessary and sufficient conditions. For … consequences from it. If you arrive at a … to be true, reverse the order and, if … It was only in the seventeenth century -- … quest for certainty came to prevail over the …   Google-1   Google-2

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