Morris Raphael Cohen Quote

The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident.


Reason and Nature, Book III, Chapter One, Section II (p. 348)


The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident.

The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident.

The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident.

The progress of science always depends upon our questioning the plausible, the respectably accepted, and the seemingly self-evident.