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William Leslie Davidson

(1848 - 1929)

Scottish philosopher.

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A mind not wholly wishful to reach the truth, or to rest it in or obey it when found, is to that extent a mind impervious to truth an incapable of unbiased belief.

— William Leslie Davidson

Recent Theistic Discussion: the twentieth series of Croall Lectures (1921), 78. In The Homiletic Review, Vol. 83-84 (1922), Vol. 84, 290.

See also: | Belief (37) | Bias (2) | Truth (241)

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