Imre Lakatos Quote

For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge... Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge. But few realize that with this the whole classical structure of intellectual values falls in ruins and has to be replaced.


p. 92 as cited in: Anthony C. Thiselton (2007) The Hermeneutics of Doctrine. p. 166. - Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, 1970


For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge... Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think...

For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge... Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think...

For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge... Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think...

For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge... Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think...