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Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.

— John Wilkins

The purpose of scientific method is to select a single truth from among many hypothetical truths. That, more than anything else, is what science…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

— Konrad Lorenz

“The idea that scientific method is the only method of discovering the truth has a lot to be said for it, if you mean…

— Roger Scruton

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever…

— Charles Pierce

There is no single truth, but each of the scholarly disciplines has methods which lead one ever closer to the truth.

— Howard Gardner

Scientific truth is not what any one scientist puts forth. It can be that, but it is generally not. It is the sum of…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

So many people among non-scientists see science as an unassailable monolith of truth, and it's not. It's an ongoing self-correcting process.

— Kitty Ferguson

Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

— P. T. Barnum

“The scientific method is nothing more than a system of rules to keep us from lying to each other.”

— Ken Norris

Our perceptions of truth are built around what is practical, not what is true. Even the smartest human brain doesn't have the capacity for…

— Scott Adams

Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling…

— Isaac Asimov