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Karl Pearson on Science

1857–1936 England

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The ignorance of science means the enforced ignorance of mankind.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

Our aesthetic judgment demands harmony between the representation, and the represented and in this sense science is often more artistic than modern art.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

Science can only answer to the great majority of "metaphysical" problems "I am ignorant." Meanwhile, it is idle to be impatient or to indulge in system-making.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

[T]he laws of science are products of the human mind rather than factors of the external world.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

[T]he task of science can never end till man ceases to be, till history is no longer made, and development itself ceases.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

If any... work gives a description of phenomena that appeals to... imagination rather than to... reason, then it is bad science.

The Grammar of Science (1900)

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