Claude Bernard - Theory Quotes

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But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.

Claude Bernard
We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory.

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When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

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A theory is merely a scientific idea controlled by experiment.

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In these researches I followed the principles of the experimental method that we have established, i.e., that, in presence of a well-noted, new fact which contradicts a theory, instead of keeping the theory and abandoning the fact, I should keep and study the fact, and I hastened to give up the theory.

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Do not confuse theory with law. Law is scientific, theory is nothing but the subjectivity of the facts.

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If an idea presents itself to us, we must not reject it simply because it does not agree with the logical deductions of a reigning theory.

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A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.

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Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So... these despisers of their fellows... make experiments only to destroy a theory, instead of to seek the truth.

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