The very success of a science may force it to become preoccupied with smaller and smaller details, which cannot compete with broad new issues. The philosophical motivation of the pioneers of a “mental science” has been lost. (p. 365)
Cumulative Record. Chapter 24: The Flight from the Laboratory. Quote 11
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