Quote by Daniel C. Dennett Download Open image ““Any theory that makes progress is bound to be initially counterintuitive.”” — Daniel C. Dennett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“For every theory there has to be counterevidence--otherwise science wouldn't progress.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“If theory means a reasonably systematic reflection of our guiding assumptions, it remains as indispensable as ever.” — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Clues put us on the right path toward a correct theory. Strong evidence is that which subsequently allows us to trust whether the theory… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
“That' the thing about theories. You can theorize all you want, but at the end of the day when you theories become reality, when… — Jane Green Copy Share Image
“You can't learn what you're unable to understand but a theory is infeasible until you won't need it.” — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“You can't learn what you can't understand but any theory is infeasible until you don't need it.” — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“Without clues, we search in the wrong directions. Without evidence, a theory is not reliable.” — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
“This is why theory can be so valuable: it can explain what will happen, even before you experience it.” — Clayton M. Christensen Copy Share Image
“But anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact, rarely get as far as… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Exactly. The person who comes up with the theory is the one who has to prove it,” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“It is not “scientism” to concede the objectivity and precision of good science, any more than it is history worship to concede that Napoleon… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“Some years ago, there was a lovely philosopher of science and journalist in Italy named Giulio Giorello, and he did an interview with me.… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“I think we should stop treating ["God works in mysterious ways"] as any kind of wisdom and recognize it as the transparently defensive propaganda… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever became a famous philosopher by being a champion of ecumenical hybridism.” — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“human beings are actually more closely related to the two species of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, the familiar chimp, and Pan paniscus, the rare, smaller… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“Is this Tree of Life a God one could worship? Pray to? Fear? Probably not. But it did make the ivy twine and the… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“But if it is true that human minds are themselves to a very great degree the creations of memes, then we cannot sustain the… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“This 'web of discourses' as Robyn called it...is as much a biological product as any of the other constructions to be found in the… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“We can now expose perhaps the most common misunderstanding of Darwinism: the idea that Darwin showed that evolution by natural selection is a procedure… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“Carpenters don’t make their saws and hammers, tailors don’t make their scissors and needles, and plumbers don’t make their wrenches, but blacksmiths can make… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
“As I have often noted, a wagon with spoked wheels doesn’t just carry grain or freight from place to place; it carries the brilliant… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
