The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man.
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Chauncey Wright
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About Chauncey Wright
Chauncey Wright was an American philosopher and mathematician, who was an influential early defender of Darwinism and an important influence on American pragmatists such as Charles Sanders Peirce and William James.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Chauncey WrightAll observers not laboring under hallucinations of the senses are agreed, or can be made to agree, about facts of sensible experience, through evidence toward which the intellect is merely passive, a…