Quote by Daniel Kahneman

“I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult…

— Daniel Kahneman

Theory can blind observation.

— Carol Gilligan

If the theory accurately predicts what they [scientists] see, it confirms that it's a good theory. If they see something that the theory didn't…

— Clayton Christensen

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

— Imre Lakatos

In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“It's hard to observe without imposing a theory to explain what we're seeing, but the trouble with theories, as Einstein said, is that they…

— Michael Crichton

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.

— Albert Einstein

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

— Noam Chomsky

“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some writers can…

— Richard Howells

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor…

— Karl Popper

The current situation with regard to theory is odd and maybe defined by a paradox.

— Simon Critchley

The observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours…

— David Hume