Arthur Eddington - The philosophy of physical science (1939)

6 Sourced Quotes

View all Arthur Eddington Quotes

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

Arthur Eddington

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

Arthur Eddington

We have discovered that it is actually an aid in the search for knowledge to understand the nature of the knowledge we seek.

Arthur Eddington

Between physics and philosophy there lies a debatable territory which I shall call scientific epistemology.

Arthur Eddington

He is an incorruptible watch-dog who will not allow anything to pass which is not observationally true.

Arthur Eddington

I believe there are 15,747, 724,136, 275,002, 577,605, 653,961, 181,555, 468,044, 717,914, 527,116, 709,366, 231,025, 076,185, 631,031,296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons.

Arthur Eddington