Bas van Fraassen Quotes on Truth

Quotes

• Attributed to Bas van Fraassen:

  “The aim of science is to give us theories that are empirically adequate; truth about the unobservable is a bonus we cannot guarantee.”

• Attributed to Bas van Fraassen:

  “Constructive empiricism is realism's twin, distinguished only by the question of what is to be believed.”

• Attributed to Bas van Fraassen:

  “To accept a theory is not to believe it true; it is to commit to using it for empirical inquiry.”

• Attributed to Bas van Fraassen:

  “Empiricism is a stance, not a doctrine; it is the discipline of asking what experience can support.”

• Attributed to Bas van Fraassen:

  “The image of science is what philosophy of science properly studies; the science is for the scientists.”