Analysis Quote by Karl Popper

[The infinitely small] neither have nor can have theory; it is a dangerous instrument in the hands of beginners [ ... ] anticipating, for…

— Francois-Joseph Servois

The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have…

— John Polkinghorne

To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary...

— Kimon Nicolaides

“Logic may be conceived as ruling out what is absolutely impossible, and thus determining the field of what in the absence of empirical knowledge…

— Morris F. Cohen

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

— James Stephens

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

I made the assumption, wrong of course, that conceptual analysis was a brief preliminary on the road to finding out about the nature of…

— Patricia Churchland

The idea comes before the logical argument.

— Gerald Abrahams

“Science requires both observation and comprehension. Without observation there are no facts to be comprehended; without comprehension science is mere documentation. The basis for…

— Occam s razor

I make a distinction between theory and methodology, the latter being the practical deployment of a premise. Theory on the contrary may well be…

— Paul Fry

Theories are just disposable tools in the production of knowledge

— Manuel Castells

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.

— Rudolf Carnap