It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization and classification of knowledge on the basis of explanatory principles that is the distinctive goal of the sciences.


The Structure of Science (1961)

Ernest Nagel Quotes

It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization ...

It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization ...

It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization ...

It is the desire for explanations that are at once systematic and controllable by factual evidence that generates science; and it is the organization ...