Science Quotes

"Science without philosophy becomes a tool of domination."

"Psychoanalysis is a practice, not a theory."

"The quantification of all value destroys the very possibility of qualitative judgment."

"The brain is the screen of the mind."

"Science must learn from philosophy and vice versa."

"What does not reduce to numbers, to the quantifiable, is suspect."

"Progress in dominating nature has produced regression in human autonomy and self-determination."

"Science advances through the creation of new problems, not new solutions."

"Science itself is not free from interpretation; even empirical facts are understood within a framework of meaning."

"Systems of knowledge are always systems of power."

"Knowledge is always perspectival; there is no view from nowhere."

"Science describes the world as it is; philosophy asks how we should live in light of that knowledge."

"Science without ethics is merely technique; philosophy without science is mere abstraction."

"The problem of consciousness is the problem of how mind relates to body."

"The philosophy of science must account for the lived world of scientists."

"Water is necessarily H2O in all possible worlds where it exists"

"Natural kind terms have their reference fixed by the world"

"Mental states are individuated by their causal roles"

"The essential properties of gold are discovered, not stipulated"

"The laws of nature are contingent, not necessary"

"The essence of water is to be H2O, not to have any particular description"

"We cannot significantly assert or deny that the space and time of physics are the same as the space and time of sense experience."

"I view science as a linguistic enterprise organized by pragmatic and aesthetic principles."

"The purpose of science is not to solve the riddle of the universe but to reduce the data of experience to a simple and manageable form."

"Mathematics is not about abstract objects; it is a convention for organizing experience."

"Science aims at simplicity and elegance in explanation, not absolute truth."

"The value of a theory depends on its simplicity and coherence, not just its truth."

"Every science is ultimately a way of organizing experience."

"Empirical content is what a statement shares with its alternatives."

"The starting point of scientific knowledge is observation guided by theory."