Characteristics Quote by Bertrand Russell

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is a difficult…

— Bertrand Russell

Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single…

— Jacques Ellul

“The scientific method is the only authentic means at our command for getting at the significance of our everyday experiences of the world in…

— John Dewey

Science brings to the light of day everything man had believed sacred. Technique takes possession of it and enslaves it.

— Jacques Ellul

Nevertheless, scientific method is not the same as the scientific spirit. The scientific spirit does not rest content with applying that which is already…

— Anonymous

The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know.

— Robert M. Pirsig

The confidence in the unlimited power of science is only too often based on a false belief that the scientific method consists in the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

All science is methodolgy with regard to the Absolute. Therefore, there need be no fear of the unequivocally methodological. It is a husk, but…

— Franz Kafka

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best, 20 - 20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Observation, reason, and experiment make up what we call the scientific method.

— Richard P. Feynman

“The Scientific Method is a wonderful tool as long as you don't care which way the outcome turns; however, this process fails the second…

— Cristina Marrero

The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use…

— Ira Remsen