Instead of asking for a cause of the universe, the scientist can ask only for the cause of the present state of the universe; and his task will consist in pushing farther and farther back the date from which he is able to account for the universe in terms of laws of nature.


The Rise of Scientific Philosophy, Chapter 12 (p. 208), University of California Press. 1951

Hans Reichenbach Quotes

Instead of asking for a cause of the universe, the scientist can ask only for the cause of the present state of the universe; and his task will...

Instead of asking for a cause of the universe, the scientist can ask only for the cause of the present state of the universe; and his task will...

Instead of asking for a cause of the universe, the scientist can ask only for the cause of the present state of the universe; and his task will...

Instead of asking for a cause of the universe, the scientist can ask only for the cause of the present state of the universe; and his task will...