Century Quote by James Jeans

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith.

— Michael Shermer

With no specific procedure, man arrived at sweeping conclusions about the universe that have proven to be true.

— John Henrik Clarke

“One view is that philosophy is a kind of halfway house for questions that have not yet yielded to the scientific method.”

— Ray Kurzweil

Conclusions from observations are unreliable, only the mind can come nearer to to the truth. Thus, in some ways, philosophy is more important than…

— Anaxagoras

“Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions—so the theory itself would determine the outcome of…

— Stephen Hawking

It is universally appreciated, I think, that theorists are able to tweak their assumptions in order to reach any conclusion they wish. The believability…

— David M. Kreps

Philosophy is regarded by many as inseparable from speculation. ... Philosophy has proceeded from speculation to science.

— Hans Reichenbach

I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in…

— Kwame Anthony Appiah

There is no exercise of the intellect which is not, in the final analysis, useless. A philosophical doctrine begins as a plausible description of…

— Jorge Luis Borges

The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to…

— Thomas Malthus

“Most of the propositions and questions to be found in philosophical works are not false but nonsensical.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.

— Denis Diderot