What John Stuart Mill thinks about mental models
Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal; worked for the East India Company for almost thirty-five years; elected Member of Parliament for Westminster in 1865.
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1 dated position, c. 1859, in their own words. Our reading of what John Stuart Mill has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingWhile popular truth is one-sided, it is better that unpopular truths have one-sided advocates too
Their wordsRather, he will think that so long as popular truth is one-sided, it is more desirable than otherwise that unpopular truth should have one-sided asserters too; such being usually the most energetic, and the most likely to compel reluctant attention to the fragment of wisdom which they proclaim as if it were the whole.