The Empirical Stance Quotes

“The very phrase "inference to the best explanation" should wave a red flag to us. What is good, better, best? What values are slipped in here, under a common name, and where do they come from?
The appeal to explanation brings out into the open the glaring fact that we have a risk taking pursuit of truth. Science is brave and dares to enter dangerous waters. Empirical science goes
for bold conjectures and audacious hypotheses, it offers them as basis for prediction and action while the iron is still hot and conclusive evidence still infinitely beyond reach.”
― Bas C. Van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance

“The very phrase "inference to the best explanation"
should wave a red flag to us. What is good, better,
best? What values are slipped in here, under a
common name, and where do they come from?
The appeal to explanation brings out into the open
the glaring fact that we have a risk taking pursuit
of truth. Science is brave and dares to enter
dangerous waters. Empirical science goes
for bold conjectures and audacious hypotheses,
it offers them as basis for prediction and action
while the iron is still hot and conclusive evidence
still infinitely beyond reach.”
― Bas C. Van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance

“The very phrase "inference to the best explanation" should wave a red flag to us. What is good, better, best? What values are slipped in here, under a common name, and where do they come from?
The appeal to explanation brings out into the open the glaring fact that we have a risk taking
pursuit of truth. Science is brave and dares to enter dangerous waters. Empirical science goes
for bold conjectures and audacious hypotheses, it offers them as basis for prediction and action
while the iron is still hot and conclusive evidence still infinitely beyond reach.”
― Bas C. Van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance