...By far the most usual way of handling phenomena so novel that they …

William James
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...By far the most usual way of handling phenomena so novel that they would make for a serious rearrangement of our preconceptions is to ignore them altogether, or to abuse those who bear witness for them. ✨ William James (2015). Pragmatism: Human Understanding, p.22, 谷月社
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...By far the most usual way of handling phenomena so novel that they would make for a serious rearrangement of our preconceptions is to ignore them altogether, or to abuse those who bear witness for them. ✨ William James (2015). Pragmatism: Human Understanding, p.22, 谷月社

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