Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.

The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.

But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

Science is performed by people, and it's subject to all the various foibles that plague the rest of our social dynamics.

If you're an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don't prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.