Quotes about Philosophy of science

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. Votes: 6

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates. Votes: 6

Paradox is thus a much deeper and universal concept than the ancients would have dreamed. Rather than an oddity, it is a mainstay of the philosophy of science. Votes: 4

Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky ontology known as 'common sense.' Votes: 4

The philosophy of science is inherent in the process. This is to say, you think critically, you draw a conclusion based on evidence, but we all pursue discovery based on our observations. That's where science starts. Votes: 4

Philosophy is this amazing technique we've devised for getting reality to answer us back when we're getting it wrong. Science itself can't make those arguments. You actually have to rely on philosophy, on philosophy of science. Votes: 4

My research career has been devoted to understanding human decision-making and problem-solving processes. The pursuit of this goal has led me into the fields of political science, economics, cognitive psychology, computer science and philosophy of science, among others. Votes: 4

I'm a geophysicist who has conducted and published climate studies in top-rank scientific journals. My perspective on Mr. Inhofe and the issue of global warming is informed not only by my knowledge of climate science but also by my studies of the history and philosophy of science. Votes: 4

This is an extremely ambitious book. In addition to science and mathematics, Byers brings to bear insights from literature, philosophy, religion, history, anthropology, medicine, and psychology. The Blind Spot breaks new ground, and represents a major step forward in the philosophy of science. The book is also a page-turner, which is rare for this topic. Votes: 4

It has been argued that close attention to the history of science is indispensable for doing good philosophy of science. Votes: 3

I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven - that's none of my business, ultimately. I won't lecture her on the philosophy of science. Votes: 3

It must be admitted that scientists today take little interest in philosophy of science.... It is not an indication that philosophical issues are no longer relevant. Rather, it is a consequence of the increasingly specialized nature of science, and of the polarization between the sciences and humanities that characterizes the modern education system. Votes: 3

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds. Votes: 2

Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions. Votes: 2

Contemporary science is based on the philosophy of materialism, which claims that all reality is material or physical. Votes: 2

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. Votes: 2

Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ. Votes: 2

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance. Votes: 2

I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small. Votes: 2

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors. Votes: 2

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. Votes: 2

With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology. Votes: 2

I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language. Votes: 2

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. Votes: 2

In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it would be well for philosophy if it ceased to aim at scientific rigor. Votes: 2

Like many students, I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock, and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science. Votes: 2

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years. Votes: 2

I sort of mind living in a time when most of the literature is terribly personal. I suppose it's because I grew up on a love of history, philosophy, science and religion, but not to think too much about yourself. Votes: 2

We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect. Votes: 2

Science is practical philosophy. Votes: 0

Philosophy is the true mother of science. Votes: 0

Philosophy is the science which considers truth. Votes: 0

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. Votes: 0

Philosophy is to science as masturbation is to sex. Votes: 0

Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science]. Votes: 0

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people. Votes: 0

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart Votes: 0

Geometry is one of the handles of science and philosophy. Votes: 0

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. Votes: 0

Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, in the enthusiasm of genius. Votes: 0

Science is what you know, philosophy is what you don't know. Votes: 0

Induction is the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy. Votes: 0

Science is what we know, and philosophy is what we don't know. Votes: 0

In the Art, Science, Philosophy and Mystic rests the temple of Wisdom. Votes: 0

Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so. Votes: 0

Philosophy may be blind without science, but science can lack vision without philosophy. Votes: 0

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness. Votes: 0

Philosophy is empty if it isn't based on science. Science discovers, philosophy interprets. Votes: 0

The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions. Votes: 0

Science and knowledge, especially that of philosophy, came from the Arabs into the West. Votes: 0

Yoga is a way of life; it is an art, a science, a philosophy. Votes: 0

Philosophy as science, as serious, rigorous, indeed apodictically rigorous science -- the dream is over. Votes: 0

Philosophy as science, as serious, rigorous, indeed apodictically rigorous science -- the dream is over." Votes: 0

Science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge as they draw nearer to the whole. Votes: 0

It's something that's very often said that philosophy, as opposed to science, never makes any progress. Votes: 0

Philosophy is regarded by many as inseparable from speculation. ... Philosophy has proceeded from speculation to science. Votes: 0

In the hands of a genius, engineering turns to magic, philosophy becomes poetry, and science pure imagination. Votes: 0

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. Votes: 0

Art, science, philosophy, religion -- each offers at best only a crude simplification of actual living experience. Votes: 0

The disinterested imaginative core of mythology is what develops into literature, science, philosophy. Religion is applied mythology. Votes: 0

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say. Votes: 0

Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science. Votes: 0

Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art; it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement. Votes: 0

The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art and religion. Votes: 0

Science repudiates philosophy. In other words, it has never cared to justify its truth or explain its meaning. Votes: 0

It is within science itself, and not in some prior philosophy, that reality is to be identified and described. Votes: 0

Science does not stand still, and neither does philosophy, although the latter has a tendency to walk in circles. Votes: 0

It's progress I think, that science has joined philosophy, metaphysics & religion as subjects drunk people argue about in bars. Votes: 0

Philosophy became a gloomy science, in the labyrinth of which people vainly tried to find the exit, called The Truth. Votes: 0

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy. Votes: 0

I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Votes: 0

Philosophy stands in need of a science which shall determine the possibility, principles, and extent of human knowledge à priori. Votes: 0

I received my high school baccalaureate diploma in Latin and Science in 1928, then my two baccalaureate diplomas in Mathematics and Philosophy in 1929. Votes: 0

Design is in everything we make, but it's also between those things. It's a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy. Votes: 0

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences. Votes: 0

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. Votes: 0

Plain women he regarded as he did the other severe facts of life, to be faced with philosophy and investigated by science. Votes: 0

Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error. Votes: 0

But if science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as philosophy-free science, just science that has been conducted without any consideration of its underlying philosophical assumptions. Votes: 0

Philosophy, art, and science are not the mental objects of an objectified brain but the three aspects under which the brain becomes subject. Votes: 0

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science. Votes: 0

Art is not communicative, art is not reflexive. Art, science, philosophy are neither contemplative, neither reflexive, nor communicative. They are creative, that's all. Votes: 0

All we know of science or of religion comes from philosophy. It lies behind and above all other knowledge we have or use. Votes: 0

By philosophy, history, economics and science, all knowledge and wisdom, humanity may eventually arrive at the awareness of its own oneness.... Sudipta Das Votes: 0

Without poetry our science will appear incomplete, and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry. Votes: 0

Secular humanism is avowedly non-religious. It is a eupraxsophy (good practical wisdom), which draws its basic principles and ethical values from science, ethics, and philosophy. Votes: 0

Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens. Votes: 0

Life is really about a spiritual unfolding that is personal and enchanting - an unfolding that no science or philosophy or religion has yet fully clarified. Votes: 0

The lies we tell about our duty and our purposes, the meaningless words of science and philosophy, are walls that topple before a bewildered little "˜why'. Votes: 0

Science was born as a result and consequence of philosophy; it cannot survive without a philosophical base. If philosophy perishes, science will be next to go. Votes: 0

Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom. Votes: 0

You can be creative in anything - in math, science, engineering, philosophy - as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance. Votes: 0

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman. Votes: 0

I wouldn't say philosophy and theology are dead. Brain science doesn't invent new philosophies but it helps remind us which of our existing philosophies are more true. Votes: 0

God is a synergetic experience. Science can never reveal it, philosophy can never come to it - only a poetic approach, a very passive, very loving approach, can. Votes: 0

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone. Votes: 0

The Biblical worldview is not given to us in the discursive and analytical language of philosophy and science, but in rich and compact language of symbolism and art. Votes: 0

I have quite a bit of sympathy for the idea that psychology and cognitive science have much to offer philosophy, and that the reverse is true as well. Votes: 0

It's ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can't see nothing." "“ Snipes (185) Votes: 0

Science is a philosophy of discovery; intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance... Something fundamamental is going on in people's minds when they confront things they don't understnd. Votes: 0

[The monks'] credulity debased and vitiated the faculties of the mind: they corrupted the evidence of history; and superstition gradually extinguished the hostile light of philosophy and science. Votes: 0

The deepest level of truth uncovered by science, & by philosophy, is the fundamental truth of unity. At that deepest subnuclear level of our reality, you & i are literally one. Votes: 0