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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that…
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The method of science depends on our attempts to describe the world with simple theories: theories that are complex may become untestable,…
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I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme...
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My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth,…
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