Categories: Comparisons
An example of a metaphor:
"…according to psychoanalysis certain infantile experiences originate aggressiveness but, if the case is found of timorous behaviour when aggressive behaviour ought to occur, the finding is not counted as a counterexample: the ad hoc hypotheses is introduced that the subject has formed a reaction against his natural bent. In this way unfavourable evidences cannot occur and the innocent is persuaded by a gang of accomplices that are never caught because they supply each other with alibis."
Mario Bunge
Bunge, M. (2017/1998). Philosophy of Science. Volume 1: From problem to theory (Revised ed.). Routledge. (1967)
Tags: scientific method
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