Science Quotes

"Logic is revisable in light of experience."

"Stimulus meaning is all the objectivity we can have."

"Classical logic may not be the best system for all domains."

"Mental entities are theoretical posits like any others."

"Every statement has some degree of empirical content."

"Stimulus equivalence is the most objective standard of meaning."

"The unity of science is an ideal, not a doctrine."

"Observation sentences are the touchstone of empirical meaning."

"We should favor theories that are simple, unified, and predictively powerful."

"Science progresses by refining our conceptual frameworks, not by discovering hidden essences."

"The unity of science rests upon a common logical structure, not metaphysical unity."

"The logical structure of science is more fundamental than its content."

"The boundary between science and non-science lies in empirical testability."

"Empiricism demands that all synthetic knowledge claims be subject to possible refutation."

"The meaning of a scientific term is determined by its role in the theory."

"The unity of science emerges from logical structure, not from shared substance."

"Scientific progress consists in finding better frameworks, not final truths."

"Experience underdetermines theory; multiple frameworks can accommodate the same data."

"The language of science must maintain clarity and logical consistency."

"To understand science, we must understand its linguistic and logical foundations."

"Scientific knowledge is organized through systems of interconnected concepts and laws."

"Empirical confirmation requires specifying possible observations that would refute a claim."

"Science builds knowledge through controlled observation and logical inference."

"Scientific theories survive because they organize experience effectively, not because they copy reality."

"The logical structure of science reveals principles valid across all domains of knowledge."

"Empirical science provides the most reliable knowledge we can attain."

"Scientific language must be purified of metaphorical and emotive uses."

"The verification of empirical claims requires specifying observable consequences."

"Scientific explanation consists in subsumi ing particular facts under general laws."

"Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification."