Word: aikens
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Experts disagreed last night as to the late Albert Einstein's impact on contemporary philosophy, when Henry D. Aiken, professor of Philosophy, Gerald J. Holton, associate professor of Physics, and Phillipp Frank, Einstein's biographer, met for "A Tribute to Albert Einstein: His work and Its Implications for Contemporary Thought" at Hunt Hall...
...Aiken credited Einstein with significant influence only in the field of metaphysics. He insisted, moreover, that contemporary metaphysics is relatively unimportant...
...three members of the panel agreed, however, on Einstein's approach to science. Aiken called him an empyricist, which he defined as one who requires observational support for his theories...
...Aiken made it clear that by empyricist he did not mean one who is interested primarily in observation. "He was certainly not a man who followed his nose," he said, "but recognized the dual importance of logic and observation...
With his white hair bristling, Vermont's usually mild Republican Senator George Aiken roared: "Why did Mr. Butler go to this inhuman length? . . . There can be only one answer. He does not want President Eisenhower to run for reelection. His statement could lead one to think he would be very happy if Mrs. Eisenhower were in poor health. . . Does Mr. Butler think he can make her sick by this kind of talk? . . . We have often heard the question asked, 'Just how low and evil and loathsome can an animal in human form get?' I think Mr. Butler...