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private language argument for skepticism about meaning
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Feynman, R.P., "What is Science?", The Physics Teacher, 9, pp. 313-320, September 1969. Google

Other Reference

p. 171-188 in Feynman, R.P., The pleasure of finding things out, Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1999.

Quotations
185 ;;Quote: science is rechecking ideas from past generations by new direct experience
187 ;;Quote: science is the belief in the ignorance of experts; the greatest teachers of preceding generations are not infallible; need balance


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