Advance Quote by Abdolkarim Soroush

Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences

— William James

Great theories are expansive; failures mire us in dogmatism and tunnel vision.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a…

— Albert Einstein

And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations…

— Chinua Achebe

I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.

— Alex Chiu

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a…

— Albert Einstein

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.

— Michael Crichton

First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to…

— William James

Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous…

— Steven Weinberg

Our theories are the weakest part of what we say. What we're working from is the fact of an experience which we need to…

— Terence McKenna

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg