Bases Quote by Albert Einstein

The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives…

— Albert Einstein

All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness…

— Wilhelm Dilthey

“In adaptive terms, belief has been extraordinarily useful. It is, after all, by believing various propositions about the world that we predict events and…

— Sam Harris

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.

— Ernst Mach

“Observation and experience can and must drastically restrict the range of admissible scientific belief, else there would be no science. But they cannot alone…

— Thomas S. Kuhn

In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what is not.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Belief is the basis of intuitive behavior.”

— Laurie Nadel

Both religion and natural science require a belief in God for their activities, to the former He is the starting point, and to the…

— Max Planck

Belief creates biology.

— Norman Cousins

“Thus natural science is not a way of knowing the real world; its value lies not in its truth but in its utility; by…

— R.G. Collingwood

Beliefs are the determinants of what one experiences. There are no external 'causes.'

— David Hawkins

Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

— Rudolf Virchow