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Letter: Beyond possible

Published 8 February 2012

From Don Carpenter

Jesse Prinz offers that “philosophy tells us what is possible, and science tells us what is true” (21 January, p 26). This serves us well until we consider that all truth is bounded by its intrinsic context, and that the great expansions of science have come from those who look beyond the perceptual limitations of philosophy to conceive something new.

Houston, Texas, US

Issue no. 2851 published 11 February 2012

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