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1909 Nov 4
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Significs & LOGIC
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examples of scientific reasoning to be explained. For just as thermodynamics
had to await the steam-engine before it could
amount to anything, so the theory of reasoning could not
amount to much until reasoning could exhibit some genuine triumps.
Still, considering the state of science during those the Middle Ages ages, it ought
to be acknowledged that the their logic of those times was all that could be
expected, if not considerably more. It was better than modern logic
would have been but for the work of mathematicians; and if logical
studies could have been continued with the same earnestness after
the advent of modern science as they had been previously, I for my
part have no doubt that they would have done great things for our
scientific ages. Unfortunately, the whole Christian church set its face
against modern science, and largely against its forerunner, the revival of