--- title: "7 Experimental Philosophy Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 7 Experimental Philosophy quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Experimental Philosophy sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/isaac-newton-1226_contrary_in-experimental-philosophy-propositions_197419.jpg" --- > [In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/in-experimental-philosophy-propositions-gathered-from-phenomena-by/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/isaac-newton-1226_contrary_in-experimental-philosophy-propositions_197419.jpg) > [The kind of approach I take is different from much of experimental philosophy. Although the experimental philosophers and I are certainly in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-kornblith/the-kind-of-approach-i-take-is-different-from-much-of-experimental/) [Hilary Kornblith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-kornblith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/hilary-kornblith-11063_agreement_the-kind-of-approach-i-take-is-different_401913.jpg) > [It is known to all persons who are conversant in experimental philosophy, that there are many little attentions and precautions necessary to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-priestley/it-is-known-to-all-persons-who-are-conversant-in-experimental/) [Joseph Priestley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-priestley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0a/joseph-priestley-17782_art_it-is-known-to-all-persons-who-are-conve_409406.png) > [The very hope of experimental philosophy, its expectation of constructing the sciences into a true philosophy of nature, is basedon induction, or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chauncey-wright/the-very-hope-of-experimental-philosophy-its-expectation-of/) [Chauncey Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chauncey-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/chauncey-wright-32080_anticipation_the-very-hope-of-experimental-philosophy_1313445.jpg) > [As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to precede the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/as-in-mathematicks-so-in-natural-philosophy-the-investigation-of/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/isaac-newton-1226_admitting_as-in-mathematicks-so-in-natural-philoso_1370382.jpg) > [“In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/issac-newton/in-experimental-philosophy-we-are-to-look-upon-propositions-inferred/) Issac Newton [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/issac-newton-73647_hypotheses_in-experimental-philosophy-we-are-to-loo_2462791.jpg) > [In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/in-experimental-philosophy-we-are-to-look-upon-propositions-inferred-2/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/isaac-newton-1226_hypotheses_in-experimental-philosophy-we-are-to-loo_2818631.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experimental-philosophy/#itemlist", "name": "Experimental Philosophy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses, until yet other phenomena make such propositions either more exact or liable to exceptions.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Isaac Newton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/in-experimental-philosophy-propositions-gathered-from-phenomena-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/isaac-newton-1226_contrary_in-experimental-philosophy-propositions_197419.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/isaac-newton-1226_contrary_in-experimental-philosophy-propositions_197419.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/isaac-newton-1226_contrary_in-experimental-philosophy-propositions_197419.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either…” — Isaac Newton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The kind of approach I take is different from much of experimental philosophy. 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