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Richard Feynman
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"Scientists need philosophers of science like birds need ornithology"
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Aristotle
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"
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Blaise Pascal
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“Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console my ignorance of physical science”
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Lord Rutherford
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Science is what scientists do
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Marcel Duchamp
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Art is what artists do
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Jared Diamond
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Science is the acquisition of reliable knowledge about the world
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Rodney Stark
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Science = utilized in organised efforts to formulate explanations of nature.
It is always subject to modifications & corrections through systematic observations. |
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David Hume
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“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster”
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Wittgenstein
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“Man has to awaken to wonder- and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending them to sleep again”
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Karl Popper
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Philosopher of science
Developing scientific method based on “trial and error” |
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Voltaire
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“Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices”
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Science
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A body of knowledge acquired by performing replicated controlled experiments.
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