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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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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body…
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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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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.…
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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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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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is…
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The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…
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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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It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they…
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An emancipated society, on the other hand, would not be a unitary state, but the realization of universality in the reconciliation of…
— Theodor Adorno
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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power…
— John Cheever
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The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.
— James Cook
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It should not be strange that the values cherished by all the three major religions are the same, since they originate from…
— King Hussein I
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Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily…
— Horace Mann
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I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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The framework of the artist's ideas is clearly only that which he is forever seeking for universality, and must be far wider…
— Sean O Faolain
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the…
— Pope John Paul II
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It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a…
— Vaclav Havel
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Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design…
— Arthur Compton
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[The aim of science is] to explain what so far has taken to be an explicans, such as a law of nature.…
— Karl Popper
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Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at…
— Swami Vivekananda
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