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From The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell:
The traditional conception of cause and effect is one which modern science shows to be fundamentally erroneous, and requiring to be replaced by a quite different notion, that of LAWS OF CHANGE.
I don't understand why requiring was used. I think it is incorrect, and required or requiring without the preceding and is grammatically correct. If I am wrong, please, enlighten me.
Yes I agree, the sentence is grammatically incorrect and the article is not needed as follows:
The traditional conception of cause and effect is one which modern science shows to be fundamentally erroneous, requiring/required to be replaced by a quite different notion, that of LAWS OF CHANGE.
