It is the business of theories to forecast "facts", and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts to which they have successfully led, will extend the borders of knowledge.


In: Charles Singer (ed.), Studies in the History and Method of Science (Volume 1)

F. C. S. Schiller Quotes

It is the business of theories to forecast facts, and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts...

It is the business of theories to forecast facts, and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts...

It is the business of theories to forecast facts, and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts...

It is the business of theories to forecast facts, and of facts to form points of departure for theories, which again, when verified by the new facts...