Abandon Quote by Thomas Nagel

“Physical reality does not require that we be pleased with its mechanism; we must see the implications of a theory for what they are…

— Kevin Michel

“This conclusion about perception is devastating for science: If our percepts are theory-laden, then perception is hardly a neutral and independent check upon our…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“The conclusion is that the physical theory and the mathematical theory of science are valid methods but not valid philosophies. Facts need interpretation the…

— Fulton J. Sheen

The fundamental concepts of physical science, it is now understood, are abstractions, framed by our mind, so as to bring order to an apparent…

— William Cecil Dampier

“Theory in any branch of science entails a risk of detachment from reality”

— Quammen, David

The current situation with regard to theory is odd and maybe defined by a paradox.

— Simon Critchley

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the…

— Albert Einstein

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

It must be conceded that a theory has an important advantage if its basic concepts and fundamental hypotheses are 'close to experience,' and greater…

— Albert Einstein

The conception of objective reality ... has thus evaporated ... into the transparent clarity of mathematics that represents no longer the behavior of particles…

— Werner Heisenberg

Theory may be deliberate, as in a chapter on chemistry, or it may be second nature, as in the immemorial doctrine of ordinary enduring…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

The belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science. Since, however, sense perception only gives…

— Albert Einstein