Science Quotes

"Science is organized skepticism; faith is organized hope."

"Language gets its meaning not from internal symbols alone, but from our engagement with reality."

"Teleology in nature is not mysterious; it is simply a matter of evolved functions."

"Naturalizing intentionality requires us to think seriously about evolution and learning."

"The mind is not a computer processing symbols - it is a living system engaged with reality."

"Understanding how we represent the world requires understanding how we evolved."

"Mental content depends on the history of how our representations came to be."

"Intentionality is biological through and through."

"The content of thought depends on the thinker's place in the causal order."

"The naturalistic worldview gains explanatory power when properly applied to mind and meaning."

"Intentional content is a natural phenomenon, not a metaphysical mystery."

"Biological systems solve the problem of representation through evolution and development."

"The intentional stance is useful, but intentionality has a natural, biological basis."

"Representation is cheaper than energy expenditure - it allows us to plan without acting."

"Science progresses not by answers, but by asking better questions."

"The best theories are those willing to be proven wrong."

"What we observe depends on how we look."

"The power of reason lies in its limitations."

"The power of a theory lies in its explanatory reach."

"The power of science lies in its humility."

"The observer affects the observed through observation."

"Method is not a preliminary to knowledge but part of knowledge."

"Modality is fundamental to reality, not merely to our epistemic situation."

"Identity conditions are not arbitrary impositions but discoveries about reality."

"Modality is not a feature of our knowledge but of reality itself."

"Abstract entities populate our world in ways as fundamental as concrete particulars."

"Identity cannot be arbitrary; it must answer to objective facts."

"Modal discourse reveals objective features of reality, not subjective attitudes."

"Abstract and concrete are not separate realms but different ways of being."

"Universals provide the only adequate account of genuine resemblance."