“We woke up some years ago about the consequences of ozone depletion, the hole in the atmosphere. You can't see it. You can't taste it. You can't smell it. But now we do regard that as a key issue. It's a scientific finding.” YearsIssuesKeysTasteFindingsConsequenceYears AgoRegardSmellHolesAtmosphereOzoneOzone Depletion Author:Sylvia Earle
“Unfortunately, philosophers of science usually regard scientific realism and scientific anti-realism as monistic doctrines. The assumption is that there is one goal of all scientific inference - finding propositions that are true, or finding propositions that are predictively accurate. In fact, there are multiple goals. Sometimes realism is the right interpretation of a scientific problem, while at other times instrumentalism is.” SometimesFactsProblemGoalFindingsRegardPhilosopherDoctrineAssumptionInterpretationAccurateRealismMultiplePropositionsInference Author:Elliott Sober