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Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature

Scientific principles and laws do not lie on the surface of nature. They are hidden, and must be wrested from nature by an active and elaborate technique of inquiry. – John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy, 1920

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