Accepting Quote by William Whewell

The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought…

— William Whewell

Hypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish…

— Isaac Newton

In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary…

— Isaac Newton

“The practice of good science requires that when we observe something that doesn’t fit a hypothesis, these observations need to be reckoned with somehow.”

— Nina Teicholz

“In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary…

— Issac Newton

It appears, then, to be a condition of a genuinely scientific hypothesis, that it be not destined always to remain an hypothesis, but be…

— John Stuart Mill

Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless…

— Leonhard Euler

“Scientific hypotheses are always tentative; they are designed to be held only so long as they conform to the evidence. Proponents of the theistic…

— Keith Parsons

“But anyone who is practically acquainted with scientific work is aware that those who refuse to go beyond fact, rarely get as far as…

— Thomas Henry Huxley

In experimental philosophy, propositions gathered from phenomena by induction should be considered either exactly or very nearly true notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses, until yet…

— Isaac Newton

Hypotheses are what we lack the least.

— Henri Poincare

In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two…

— Stanley B. Prusiner