Development Quote by Talcott Parsons

“Similarly, when it is not the past that we are studying, but some set of phenomena relating to a principle still active, we expect…

— Marc Bloch

Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous…

— Steven Weinberg

It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact - hence changing general statements…

— Talcott Parsons

Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger…

— Claude Bernard

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make…

— Esther Hicks

Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences

— William James

Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuos development of new concepts.

— James Bryant Conant

Progress in science occurs in fits and starts, and paradigm shifts occur when evidence can be marshaled to support a new point of view.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed.

— Norwood Russell Hanson

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.

— Talcott Parsons

Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg