76 | The object of scientific knowledge is what is necessary [Aristotle] |
2200 | All experimental conclusions assume that the future will be like the past [Hume] |
6782 | Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam] |
6601 | Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality [Feyerabend] |
3853 | For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally [Newton-Smith] |
3859 | We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain [Newton-Smith] |
3870 | The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations [Newton-Smith] |
3329 | Presumably the statements of science are true, but should they be taken literally or not? [Benardete,JA] |
5334 | We resist science partly because it can't provide ethical wisdom [Flanagan] |
4588 | There is no such thing as 'science'; there are just many different sciences [Heil] |
3123 | Science is in the business of carving nature at the joints [Segal] |
6779 | Instrumentalists say distinctions between observation and theory vanish with ostensive definition [Bird] |