Science Quotes

"The meaning of a negation depends on the logical system within which it is embedded."

"The laws of logic guide reasoning but do not determine unique rational conclusions."

"Abstract objects are justified only if they serve a purpose in our theoretical framework."

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge."

"Science connects the dots."

"We should not assume that subjective experience can be fully captured by objective description."

"What it is like to be a bat tells us something fundamental about the limits of objective science."

"We must resist both reductionism and mysticism in approaching consciousness."

"Consciousness poses a fundamental challenge to any purely physical account of reality."

"The demand for a complete theory of consciousness may rest on a false assumption."

"The view that consciousness is epiphenomenal conflicts with our lived understanding of agency."

"The question of what it is like to be something reveals the inadequacy of physicalism."

"The appearance of final causes in nature may reflect our own teleological nature."

"We must learn to think of consciousness as a basic feature of the natural world."

"We must distinguish between explaining consciousness and explaining it away."

"The problem of consciousness shows that our conceptual framework may need fundamental revision."

"The appearance of design in nature may reflect our own purpose-driven consciousness."

"We should resist the temptation to solve the problem of consciousness by denying its reality."

"Consciousness cannot be fully understood from a third-person perspective alone."

"The hard problem of consciousness may require us to expand our conception of the physical."

"Quantum mechanics reveals the mind-dependent nature of reality."

"Science and metaphysics are continuous with common sense."

"Instrumentalism in science reflects our practical interests."

"Pain is not simply a brain state but a functional state."

"Intentionality is the mark of the mental."

"Science progresses through paradigm shifts and conceptual revolutions."

"The underdetermination of theory by evidence is fundamental."

"Supervenience does not imply reduction."

"Emergence is real and not merely epistemic."

"The phenomenal concept strategy cannot solve the hard problem."