“If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth.”
Hans Reichenbach (1891–1953) American philosopher
“To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.”
Source: 1930s-1951, Philosophical Occasions 1912-1951 (1993), Ch. 7 : Remarks on Frazer's Golden Bough, p. 119
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