Philosophy Of Science Without History Of Science

Intellectual Honesty Consists In Stating The Precise Conditions Under Which One Will Give Up One's Belief.

There Is No Falsification Before The Emergence Of A Better Theory.

The Proving Power Of The Intellect Or The Senses Was Questioned By The Skeptics More Than Two Thousand Years Ago; But They Were Browbeaten Into Confusion By The Glory Of Newtonian Physics.

It Is Not That We Propose A Theory And Nature May Shout No; Rather, We Propose A Maze Of Theories, And Nature May Shout Inconsistent.

Mathematics Does Not Grow Through A Monotonous Increase Of The Number Of Indubitably Established Theorems But Through The Incessant Improvement Of Guesses By Speculation And Criticism, By The Logic Of Proofs And Refutations.