Alfred North Whitehead Quotes:
Ocupation: Mathematician
Life: February 15, 1861 - December 30, 1947
Birthday: February 15
Death: December 30
In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory.
source: Alfred North Whitehead (1997). “Science and the Modern World”, p.187, Simon and Schuster
topic: Real, Knowledge, Science, Real Knowledge
