No theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain, yet it is not always the theory that is to blame. Facts are constituted by older ideologies, ….

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradi….

Copernicanism and other essential ingredients of modern science survived only because reason was frequently overruled in their past..

Yes, the academic world is screwed up, and there is nothing you can do about it. But don't worry about that. Just do what you want. If you know what ….

Experience arises together with theoretical assumptions not before them, and an experience without theory is just as incomprehensible as is (allegedl….

Science is much closer to myth than a scientific philosophy is prepared to admit. It is one of the many forms of thought that have been developed by ….

The separation of science and non-science is not only artificial but also detrimental to the advancement of knowledge. If we want to understand natur….

The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social consequences of….

If the world is an aggregate of relatively independent regions, then any assumption of universal laws is false and a demand for universal norms tyran….

Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress..

The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific res….

I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests..

The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. There are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers; there a….

The only principle that does not inhibit progress is: anything goes..

Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality..

In a war a totalitarian state has a free hand..

Science is not sacrosanct. The mere fact that it exists, is admired, has results is not sufficient for making it a measure of excellence. Modern scie….

Science is an essentially anarchic enterprise..

Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have pos….

Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable..

Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for gr….