John Arthur Thomson Quote

Science as science never asks the question Why? That is to say, it never inquires into the meaning, or significance, or purpose of this manifold Being, Becoming, and Having Been.... Thus science does not pretend to be a bedrock of truth.


In: Bertrand Russell, Religion and Science, Mysticism (p. 175), Henry Holt & Company. 1935


Science as science never asks the question Why? That is to say, it never inquires into the meaning, or significance, or purpose of this manifold...

Science as science never asks the question Why? That is to say, it never inquires into the meaning, or significance, or purpose of this manifold...

Science as science never asks the question Why? That is to say, it never inquires into the meaning, or significance, or purpose of this manifold...

Science as science never asks the question Why? That is to say, it never inquires into the meaning, or significance, or purpose of this manifold...