Full Idea
It is a good thing to generalise any truth as much as possible.
Gist of Idea
It is good to generalise truths as much as possible
Source
Bertrand Russell (Philosophical Implications of Mathematical logic [1911], p.289)
Book Reference
Russell,Bertrand: 'Essays in Analysis', ed/tr. Lackey,Douglas [George Braziller 1973], p.289
A Reaction
An interesting claim, which seems to have a similar status to Ockham's Razor. Its best justification is pragmatic, and concerns strategies for coping with a big messy world. Russell's defence is in 'as much as possible'.
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