"...we easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call ‘Potted Thinking’."
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As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 63
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Susan Stebbing
L. (Lizzie) Susan Stebbing (December 2, 1885 – September 11, 1943) was an English philosopher. She belonged to the 1930s generation of analytic philosophy.
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