Science Quotes

"The laws of nature are our most successful theoretical posits."

"Science is continuous with everyday reasoning, not discontinuous."

"The stimulus is underdetermined by our sensory input."

"The logic of nature is transparent only in mathematics."

"Simplicity and elegance guide theory choice in science."

"Scientific progress is measured by explanatory power, not truth."

"The structure of reality may be multiply realizable."

"Observation statements are laden with theory from the ground up."

"Scientific realism must accommodate underdetermination."

"We accept scientific theories because they work, not because they're true."

"Propensities and dispositions play irreducible roles in our theories."

"Scientific explanation reduces the complex to the simple through iteration."

"Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple."

"Science cannot tell us what we ought to do."

"There has always been, and will always be, an immense gap between the limited truths that science can obtain and the unlimited ignorance that science reveals."

"Science pursues truth, but truth is elusive and requires constant questioning."

"Science requires humility and openness to revision."

"Scientific progress requires questioning established dogma."

"The scientist who pauses to examine his own assumptions may discover more about himself than about nature."

"Scientists live in two worlds: the world of instruments and the world of concepts."

"The science produced by the modern world has developed a finely sensed perception of beauty."

"Scientific thought is not the same as natural thought."

"The universe speaks a language that mathematics only partially captures."

"The anthropologist respects history, but he does not accord it a special philosopher's place above the other sciences."

"Science is a bottle of myths."

"The greatest discoveries come from observing what others overlook."

"Science is not a collection of laws; it is an interpretive activity."

"The demand for objectivity in science is itself a subjective choice."

"Method is important, but methodology should not become dogma."

"The demand for proof is itself an unprovable assumption."