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Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
Respectable Professors of the Dismal Science.
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no read more
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea read more
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt
Bad science and bad religion simply swap roles, the former proclaiming Truth, the latter worshiping Doubt
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that read more
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time read more
True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to read more
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error.