I am inclined to think that scientific discovery is impossible without faith in ideas which are of a purely speculative kind, and sometimes even quite hazy; a faith which is completely unwarranted from the point of view of science...


The Logic of Scientific Discovery - Part I, Chapter I, Section 4 (p. 38), Basic Books, Inc. 1959


I am inclined to think that scientific discovery is impossible without faith in ideas which are of a purely speculative kind, and sometimes even...

I am inclined to think that scientific discovery is impossible without faith in ideas which are of a purely speculative kind, and sometimes even...

I am inclined to think that scientific discovery is impossible without faith in ideas which are of a purely speculative kind, and sometimes even...

I am inclined to think that scientific discovery is impossible without faith in ideas which are of a purely speculative kind, and sometimes even...