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Empiricism Quotes

"Experience seems to most of us, for instance, to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them."

"Nothing is in the mind which was not first in the senses, except the mind itself."

"The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation."

"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition"

"When scientific evidence is given, reasoning is paramount."

"Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another."

"Science replaces private prejudice with publicly verifiable evidence"

"Empiricism is overrated in the sense that it doesn’t predict future events well"

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."