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Hans Reichenbach Quotes on Truth

Hans Reichenbach was a German-American philosopher of science and the founder of the Berlin Circle of logical empiricists. This page collects quotes attributed to Hans Reichenbach on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Hans Reichenbach:

    “There is no absolute time; time is relative to the frame of reference.”

  • Attributed to Hans Reichenbach:

    “Probability is the language of induction.”

  • Attributed to Hans Reichenbach:

    “We must distinguish the context of discovery from the context of justification.”

  • Attributed to Hans Reichenbach:

    “The aim of philosophy is to clarify the language of science.”

  • Attributed to Hans Reichenbach:

    “Causality is a regularity of succession refined by laws.”