Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are…

The theory must not contradict empirical facts,

— Albert Einstein

In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe…

— Talcott Parsons

“The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than of convictions, and of such facts as have scarcely…

— Walter Benjamin

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented…

— Katharine Graham

The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.

— Walter Benjamin

The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting…

— Charles Babbage

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to…

— Talcott Parsons

Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.

— Talcott Parsons

Different ‘philosophies’ represent nothing but methods of evaluation, which may lead to empirical mis-evaluation if science and empirical facts are disregarded.

— Alfred Korzybski

“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation…

— Ernst Cassirer

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses…

— Albert Einstein

“[Modern scientific] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of…

— René Guénon

“The fundamental basis by which the court’s decision might be made is, in itself, imperfect and subject to contradictions. There is very little consideration…

— Ashim Shanker

A system is empirical or scientific only if it is capable of being tested by experience. These considerations suggest that not the verifiability but…

— Karl Popper

I had made an empirical discovery and it carried all the weight of a mathematical proof.

— Paul Auster