"The basis of all authority is the supremacy of fact over thought. Yet this contrast of fact and thought can be conceived fallaciously. For thought is a factor in the fact of experience. Thus the immediate fact is what it is, partially by reason of the thought involved in it" - The Function of Reason, by Alfred North Whitehead
https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/Whitehead/Whitehead_1929/1929_01.html
https://www.amazon.com/Function-Reason-Alfred-North-Whitehead/dp/0807015733