"Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind."

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Source : Imre Lakatos (1978). “Philosophical Papers”

Imre Lakatos

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“Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.”

Source : "Exclusive: David Oyelowo Discusses His Roles in “96 Minutes,” “The Butler,” and More" by Jasmin Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. April 19, 2012.
“I give dignity second place to expedience.”
“I don't know anybody that doesn't own a gun.”

Source : "Manchin, NRA talking" by Manu Raju and John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. March 23, 2013.
“Its assimilation requires the reconstruction of prior theory and re-evaluation of prior fact, an intrinsically revolutionary process that is seldom completed a single man and never overnight”
“If one neglects the laws of learning, a sentence is imposed that he is forever chained to his ignorance.”
“When a story has gone the grand circuit, and travels back to us uncontradicted, we may reasonably begin to relax in our belief of it. If nobody questions it, it is manifestly a fiction; if it passes current, it is almost sure to be a counterfeit. The course of truth never yet ran smooth.”

Source : "Sketches from Life" by Laman Blanchard. "That what Everybody Says must be True", 1846.
“As I was getting interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, or some big pub guy, all I remember was that he went off to the bathroom for a second, and they brought out my omelet. The next thing I remember, I woke up, and I was on the side of my own omelet, and there was no one at Buck's. Everyone was gone. They just let me sleep.”
“My belief is based on the fact that string theory is the first science in hundreds of years to be pursued in pre-Baconian fashion, without any adequate experimental guidance.”

Source : "God (or Not), Physics and, of Course, Love: Scientists Take a Leap". www.nytimes.com. January 4, 2005.

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