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Philip Kitcher
(20 Feb 1947 - )
English philosopher of science and writer whose research encompasses the field of the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of mathematics, and the ethical and political constraints on scientific research. His books include Abusing Science: The Case against Creationism and The Nature of Mathematical Knowledge.
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Science Quotes by Philip Kitcher (2 quotes)
If the historical development of science has indeed sometimes pricked our vanity, it has not plunged us into an abyss of immorality ... it has liberated us from misconceptions, and thereby aided us in our moral progress.
— Philip Kitcher
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It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives.
— Philip Kitcher
In The Lives to Come: the Genetic Revolution and Human Possibilities (1997), 127.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
