Science Quotes

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"The evolutionary origins of knowledge-seeking drive human curiosity."
Goldman, Alvin
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"Scientific progress depends on questioning established assumptions."
Goldman, Alvin
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"The objectivity we seek in knowledge is achieved through systematic methods."
Goldman, Alvin
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"The universe remains far stranger than our intuitions suggest."
Goldman, Alvin
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"The goal of science is not certainty, but reducing uncertainty through careful investigation."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Good science communication means being honest about what we know and what we don't."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"When statistics are used to convince rather than to clarify, we are no longer doing science."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Good science means being comfortable with the unknown while pursuing the knowable."
Gigerenzer, Gerd
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"Consciousness defies reduction to mere physical processes in ways we are only beginning to understand."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The unity of consciousness remains puzzling despite advances in neuroscience."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The mind's relationship to the physical world remains the central puzzle of modern thought."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The hard problem of consciousness reveals that explanation has deeper mysteries still."
Williamson, Timothy
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"Consciousness is not an epiphenomenon but central to any adequate worldview."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The unity of science is methodological, not necessarily ontological."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The relationship between mind and body defies easy physical explanation."
Williamson, Timothy
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"Consciousness poses problems that resist reduction to neural correlates."
Williamson, Timothy
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"The explanatory gap between physical processes and consciousness remains profound."
Williamson, Timothy
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"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Science is organized knowledge; wisdom is organized life."
BonJour, Laurence
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"Science is the method by which we understand reality."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"Science and wonder are not opposites."
Edgington, Dorothy
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"We construct our understanding of causation through observation and inference, not through direct perception."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The nature of consciousness may require entirely new conceptual frameworks to properly understand."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The concept of a 'natural kind' requires philosophical scrutiny, not mere acceptance."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The unity of consciousness presents a puzzle that neuroscience has not yet solved."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The concept of function is essential to understanding biology and psychology."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The relationship between consciousness and physical process remains philosophically mysterious."
Harman, Gilbert
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"The problem of demarcation between science and non-science remains unsolved by philosophy."
Harman, Gilbert
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"Science reveals the mysteries of existence."
Nolan, Daniel
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"The mind is not a blank slate; we come equipped with capacities."
Goldman, Alvin