“The fundamental basis by which the court’s decision might be made is, in itself, imperfect and subject to contradictions. There is very… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
The child who has no need to feign empirical knowledge about life can wonder and fantasise with great ease. The world is… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Empirical debunking cannot reach the deepest fear of the reactionary mind, which is that the state - that devouring leviathan - will… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept… — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
The ocean is the last frontier of human empirical knowledge; even the contours on that eighth-grader's globe are the product of a… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
There is no empirical evidence to suggest that ageing in humans has been modified by any means, nor is there evidence that… — S. Jay Olshansky Copy Share Image
Science is empirical, all about physical senses that tell us about the world. But physical senses are not the only senses we… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
It should simply be an empirical matter whether the climate is changing or not and whether we're responsible. But the various sides… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“It might seem that the empirical philosopher is the slave of his material, but that the pure mathematician, like the musician, is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Realism is not a matter of any fidelity to an empirical reality, but of the discursive conventions by which and for which… — John Fiske Copy Share Image
It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion be? It should produce peaceful, strong, secure… — Daniel Everett Copy Share Image
“I am a cuddly atheist... I am against creationism being taught in schools because there is empirical evidence that it is a… — Jim Al-Khalili Copy Share Image
“Each religion makes scores of purportedly factual assertions about everything from the creation of the universe to the afterlife. But on what… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
Early in my career, I was disappointed that psychoanalysis was not becoming more empirical, was not becoming more scientific. It was primarily… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Bohr’s standpoint, that a space-time description is impossible, I reject a limine. Physics does not consist only of atomic research, science does… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
“Reasonableness is a matter of degree. Beliefs can be very reasonable (Japan exists), fairly reasonable (quarks exist), not unreasonable (there's intelligent life… — Stephen Law Copy Share Image
I'm wary of artistic directors who say, 'Here is my vision', because it's empirical. Basically it's about who you work with and… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“Thus, by science I mean, first of all, a worldview giving primacy to reason and observation and a methodology aimed at acquiring… — Alan Sokal Copy Share Image
The Scientific Revolution, that remarkable transformation of European thought that occurred between approximately 1550 and 1700, brought with it an ascendancy of… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
