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William James1842–1910

Humbug is humbug, even though it bear the scientific name, and the total expression of human experience, as I view it objectively, invincibly urges me beyond the narrow ‘scientific’ bounds.

William James on science

The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), Lecture XX, “Conclusions”

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