Coherence Quote by Michael Polanyi

Whether that coherence obtains universally is a question that need not be answered here since only those parts where the coherence has actually been…

— Wilhelm Ostwald

“Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value, elly judgments of all kinds remain necessary.”

— Albert Einstein

If a conclusion is not poetically balanced, it cannot be scientifically true.

— Isaac Asimov

“We often fail to allow for the possibility that evidence that should be critical to our judgment is missing—what we see is all there…

— Daniel Kahneman

A universe whose only claim to be believed in rests on the validity of inference must not start telling us the inference is invalid.

— C. S. Lewis

In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the…

— Thomas Huxley

Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an "elegant" or "robust" theory. But it isn't science.

— Halton Arp

“We are confident when the story we tell ourselves comes easily to mind, with no contradiction and no competing scenario. But ease and coherence…

— Daniel Kahneman

“Believing a given proposition is a matter of believing that it faithfully represents some state of the world, and this fact yields some immediate…

— Sam Harris

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear…

— David Brewster

It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least…

— George Gaylord Simpson