Philosopher Of Science

Niels Bohr

Philosophy

1885–1962

"It is not enough to be wrong, one must also be polite."

Karl Popper

Philosophy

liberalism

1902–1994

"A Skeptical Look at Karl Popper by Martin Gardner"

Rudolf Carnap

Philosophy

Positivism

1891–1970

"In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere."

🇺🇸Thomas Kuhn

Philosophy

Western philosophy

1922–1996

"Out-of-date theories are not in principle unscientific because they have been discarded. That choice, however, makes it difficult to see scientific development as a process of accretion."

🇫🇷Pierre Boutroux

Mathematics

1880–1922

"Ingels: Logic is invincible because in order to combat logic it is necessary to use logic."

🇩🇪Moritz Schlick

Philosophy

Positivism

1882–1936

"Philosophy is not a system of propositions, and not a science."

"A far as perception is concerned, the only things with which an observer has direct and immediate contact are his or her experiences."

🇬🇧John Lennox

Literature

b. 1943

"... energy, light, gravity, and consciousness ... You believe in these things because of their explanatory power as concepts. ... God is not a monolith ... God is Himself a fellowship ..."

Gerald Massey

Literature

1828–1907

"The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn."

"a system in which all relevant information would be available to each research worker in an amplitude proportional to its degree of relevance."

🇫🇷Pierre Duhem

Science

Positivism

1861–1916

"A physical theory reputed to be satisfactory by the sectarians of one metaphysical school will be rejected by the partisans of another school."

🇩🇪George Berkeley

Philosophy

Empiricism

1685–1753

"Abstract terms should be discarded in meditation, and the mind should be fixed on the particular and the concrete, that is, on the things themselves."

🇫🇷Henri Poincaré

Mathematics

1854–1912

"Poincare Contemplates Copernicus" at MathPages'"