chance need not be an evil ghost

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An example of a metaphor used to explain science:

"The way to master chance is to face it and to discover its laws rather than to deny its objective existence. Chance is an evil ghost only if regarded as lawless chaos or as an ultimate, not further analysable, mode of being."

Mario Bunge

Bunge, M. (2017/1998). Philosophy of Science. Volume 1: From problem to theory. Routledge.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.