Science does progress toward more adequate understanding of the empirical world, but no pristine, objective reality lies "out there" for us to capture as our technologies improve and our concepts mature.


Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History, Part Four, Chapter 16 (p. 214), Random House, Inc. 1995

Stephen Jay Gould Quotes

Science does progress toward more adequate understanding of the empirical world, but no pristine, objective reality lies out there for us to capture...

Science does progress toward more adequate understanding of the empirical world, but no pristine, objective reality lies out there for us to capture...

Science does progress toward more adequate understanding of the empirical world, but no pristine, objective reality lies out there for us to capture...

Science does progress toward more adequate understanding of the empirical world, but no pristine, objective reality lies out there for us to capture...