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Carl Mitcham

(1941 - )

American philosopher of technology.

Science Quotes by Carl Mitcham (1 quote)

[An engineer's] invention causes things to come into existence from ideas, makes world conform to thought; whereas science, by deriving ideas from observation, makes thought conform to existence.

— Carl Mitcham

Types of Technology', Research in Philosophy & Technology (1978), Vol. 1, 244.

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan

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