But it is the bane of psychology to suppose that where results are sim…

William James
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But it is the bane of psychology to suppose that where results are similar, processes must be the same. Psychologists are too apt to reason as geometers would, if the latter were to say that the diameter of a circle is the same thing as its semi-circumference, because, forsooth, they terminate in the same two points. ✨ William James (2012). The Principles of Psychology, p.528, Courier Corporation
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