Science Quotes

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"The universe reveals itself differently depending on the questions we ask."
Paul Feyerabend
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"The strength of a theory lies not in its consistency but in its usefulness."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Objectivity is a worthy goal, but we should not mistake it for neutrality."
Paul Feyerabend
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"The universe is fundamentally mysterious and will always resist complete understanding."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Science begins with problems, not with observations."
Karl Popper
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"One of the strengths of science is that it can be proved wrong."
Karl Popper
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"The scientific attitude is one of humble inquiry, not arrogant certainty."
Karl Popper
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"The greatest discoveries come from asking the right questions."
Karl Popper
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"The pursuit of knowledge requires both humility and boldness."
Karl Popper
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"The test of a theory is whether it solves the problem it was designed to solve."
Karl Popper
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"The most important tool in science is the question, not the answer."
Karl Popper
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"The long-term rate of interest is the key to understanding the economy."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The same considerations which show that the system will not work at full employment also show how it will fail."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The theory of aggregated demand is the most revolutionary doctrine that has ever been advanced."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The rate of interest is not determined by the productivity of capital."
John Maynard Keynes
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"A rise in the general wage level increases rather than decreases employment."
John Maynard Keynes
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"The velocity of money determines the level of employment."
John Maynard Keynes
"In every human society, the same fundamental structures repeat themselves."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
"The study of man reveals the study of nature."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
"Logic is universal but its applications are infinite."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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"The scientific enterprise is a deeply human activity, shaped by the culture and time in which it occurs."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Revolutionary science does not move at all toward an objective, pre-determined goal."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Kuhn believed that scientific progress was not always linear but rather cyclic and revolutionary in nature."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Normal science often suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive to its basic commitments."
Thomas Kuhn
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"The community of scientists functions as a judge of what constitutes valid knowledge and meaningful questions."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Science is not the march toward absolute truth but a series of conceptual frameworks that work until they don't."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Scientific paradigms are not mere tools but frameworks that shape our perception of reality."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Kuhn showed that science is not objective in the way we once believed it to be."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Revolutionary science is the activity of science at the margins, where anomalies accumulate and old certainties crumble."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Normal science is fundamentally conservative, seeking to preserve and extend existing frameworks."
Thomas Kuhn