Invention Sequence (1)
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Index Entry
"Man does not create.
Man cannot create.
Creation is a priori;
Creation is the gamut
Of generalized principles
Which scientists can and do discover.
"Man can invent,
Which means 'bring in'
The special-case use
Of generalized principles
And of combinations of them.
But man cannot design
Or invent
A generalized anything.
"There cannot be
A generalized boat.
It must be a canoe,
Or a ferry boat,
Or a battleship."
Citations
- BRAIN & MIND draft, 1.25 A&B, 1971
