Facts Quote by Talcott Parsons

Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

— Talcott Parsons

The theory must not contradict empirical facts,

— Albert Einstein

The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses…

— Albert Einstein

Different ‘philosophies’ represent nothing but methods of evaluation, which may lead to empirical mis-evaluation if science and empirical facts are disregarded.

— Alfred Korzybski

“It is necessary, first of all, to find a correct logical starting point, one which can lead us to a natural and sound interpretation…

— Ernst Cassirer

“[Modern scientific] theories can necessarily never be more than hypothetical, since their starting-point is wholly empirical, for facts in themselves are always susceptible of…

— René Guénon

Beauty . . . cannot be interpreted. It is not an empirically verifiable fact; it is not a quantity.

— Wendell Berry

'Do not touch ontologically' doesn't mean 'are separated by empirically measurable hard edges.'

— Timothy Morton

Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.

— John M. Ford

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

— Jock Sturges

There's a tremendous popular fallacy which holds that significant research can be carried out by trying things. Actually it is easy to show that…

— Edwin Land

“It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don't like something, it is empirically not good.”

— Tina Fey