Glory Quote by C. D. Broad Download Open image “Induction is the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.” — C. D. Broad ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Glory Philosophy Scandal Science
It is time, therefore, to abandon the superstition that natural science cannot be regarded as logically respectable until philosophers have solved the problem of… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
Induction makes you feel guilty for getting something out of nothing, and it is artificial, but it is one of the greatest ideas of… — Herbert Wilf Copy Share Image
The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the theory of probability. Perfect knowledge alone can give certainty, and in nature perfect knowledge would be infinite knowledge, which is clearly beyond our capacities. We have, therefore, to content ourselves with partial knowledge-knowledge mingled with ignorance, producing doubt. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share
“Science is the human endeavor to elevate the self and the society from the darkness of ignorance into the light of wisdom.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“And so come the cults, claiming to meet the needs that science has thus far failed to meet--and offering the prospective inductee a place on the ground floor. Some cults may be harmless enough, but whenever false doctrine is propagated there is some cost. Many such doctrines are dressed up as science in their own right. For even though established… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share
Both induction and deduction, reasoning from the particular and the general, and back again from the universal to the specific, form the essence to… — Hans Christian von Baeyer Copy Share Image
The glory of science is, that it is freeing the soul, breaking the mental manacles, getting the brain out of bondage, giving courage to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is worth remembering (though there is nothing that we can do about it) that the world as it really is may easily be… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
... a curious superstition. This is the belief that, if there be introspection at all, it must give exhaustive and infallible information. — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
A healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing; but to hunger and thirst after it is… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
...By a 'silly' theory I mean one which may be held at the time when one is talking or writing professionally, but which only… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of the alleged… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
Telepathy, both simultaneous and precognitive, is now an experimentally established fact. — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
Now I do not myself share that superstitious reverence for the beliefs of common sense which many contemporary philosophers profess. But I think that… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ. — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
The work, the work, the work. This is what the business is all about. This is the fun, the glory, the pleasure. It's the… — Phil Dusenberry Copy Share Image
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
You know, I often thought that the gangster and the artist are the same in the eyes of the masses. They're admired and hero-worshipped… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy. Others attain unto a glory and may… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image