"There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation," — Karl Popper
"There is no pure, disinterested, theory-free observation,"
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Karl Popper
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119 Quotes by Karl Popper
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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and…
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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…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is,…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp.…
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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…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to…
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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…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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Humanity needs practical men, who get the most out of their work, and, without forgetting the general good, safeguard their…
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The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgement but a terror-ridden refusal to be…
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Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes…
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Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Art includes everything that stimulates the desire to live; science, everything that sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the…
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Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It…
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The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.
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There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market,…
— Milton Friedman
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'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of…
— George Washington
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In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race.…
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