“I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule.” NaturalDataDefinitePropositionsNatural Science Author:Michael Polanyi
“Recent data and research supports the importance of natural climate variability and calls into question the conclusion that humans are the dominant cause of recent climate change.” HumansCausesNaturalSupportResearchImportanceClimateClimate ChangeConclusionDataDominantVariability Author:Judith Curry
“I have hitherto followed the lines marked out by the Theist in his attempt to prove that there exists a mind behind natural phenomena, and that the universe as we have it is, at least generally, an evidence of a plan designed by this mind. I have also pointed out that the only datum for such a conclusion is the universe we know. We must take that as a starting point. We can get neither behind it nor beyond it. We cannot start with God and deduce the universe from his existence; we must start with the world as we know it, and deduce God from the world.” KnowsWorldMindUniverseNaturalLinesBehindsExistencePlansAtheismProveEvidenceStartingPositive AtheismConclusionDataStarting PointTheistNatural Phenomena Author:Chapman Cohen
“English general and singular terms, identity, quantification, and the whole bag of ontological tricks may be correlated with elements of the native language in any of various mutually incompatible ways, each compatible with all possible linguistic data, and none preferable to another save as favored by a rationalization of the native language that is simple and natural to us.” WayMayWholeLanguageTermNaturalSimpleIdentityElementsVariousTricksDataNativeBagsCompatibleNative Language Book:Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine Source: Quintessence: Basic Readings from the Philosophy of W.V. Quine