The function of science, as we take it, is to replace experience. Thus, on the one hand, science must remain in the province of experience, but, on the other, must hasten beyond it, constantly expecting confirmation, constantly expecting the reverse. Where neither confirmation nor refutation is possible, science is not concerned.


19th century - The Science of Mechanics (1893)

Ernst Mach Quotes

The function of science, as we take it, is to replace experience. Thus, on the one hand, science must remain in the province of experience, but, on...

The function of science, as we take it, is to replace experience. Thus, on the one hand, science must remain in the province of experience, but, on...

The function of science, as we take it, is to replace experience. Thus, on the one hand, science must remain in the province of experience, but, on...

The function of science, as we take it, is to replace experience. Thus, on the one hand, science must remain in the province of experience, but, on...