“Theories cannot claim to be indestructible. They are only the plough which the ploughman uses to draw his furrow and which he… — Paul Sabatier Copy Share Image
The indispensability argument says (roughly) that if you have ample reason to accept an empirical scientific theory that makes indispensable use of… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Scientific theories need reconstruction every now and then. If they didn't need reconstruction they would be facts, not theories. The more facts… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz Copy Share Image
Journalism only tells us what men are doing; it is fiction that tells us what they are thinking, and still more what… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable,… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
“I think a strong claim can be made that the process of scientific discovery may be regarded as a form of art.… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Evolution as described by Charles Darwin is an scientific theory, abundantly reconfirmed, explaining physical phenomena by physical causes. Intelligent Design is a… — David Quammen Copy Share Image
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
Any attempt to dismiss a phenomenon that is not understood merely by explaining it as hallucination becomes irrelevant when a coherent scientific… — Amit Goswami Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer… — Joao Magueijo Copy Share Image
To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
“I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science.… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
A new scientific theory is seldom stated with such clarity by its original author, and usually takes many years to creep into… — John Ziman Copy Share Image
A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“I independently produce scientific advancements to share with everyone, and that is over seven billion people!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The fundamental core of contemporary Darwinism, the theory of DNA-based reproduction and evolution, is now beyond dispute among scientists. It demonstrates its… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“Claims that cannot be tested, assertions immune to disproof are veridically worthless, whatever value the may have in inspiring us or in… — carl sagan Copy Share Image
We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel. — David Hilbert Copy Share Image
Methodological naturalism gives advice to scientists about what they should include in their theories. There is a second type of methodological naturalism… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
Christ is indispensable to any scientific theory, even if its practitioners do not have a clue about him. — William A. Dembski Copy Share Image
My own reasons for favouring talk of natural kinds is just that I believe the best accounts of the success of scientific… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
“The difficulties connected with my criterion of demarcation (D) are important, but must not be exaggerated. It is vague, since it is… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
