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They proclaim to uphold a science unencumbered by value judgements, a science that is valueless and objective, and thereby, universally true. Whitehead finds such a view hypocritical and inconsistent. For in rejecting values in this way, the materialist is himself upholding a particular value system. Moreover, the history of science cannot be separated from the cultural, social and political environment in which it is pursued.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
A pass-through method is one that does nothing except pass its arguments to another method, usually with the same API as the pass-through method. This typically indicates that there is not a clean division of responsibility between the classes.
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
After some initial confusion I realized that the idea he was illustrating was exactly the same as the one I had worked on.
What Is Time? What Is Space?
Carlo Rovelli
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