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Joseph H. Woodger
(2 May 1894 - 8 Mar 1981)
English biologist, philosopher of science and logician who spent decades eruditely writing about the conceptual foundations of the natural sciences, especially biology.
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Science Quotes by Joseph H. Woodger (1 quote)
Science demands great linguistic austerity and discipline, and the canons of good style in scientific writing are different from those in other kinds of literature.
— Joseph H. Woodger
In Biology and Language: An Introduction to the Methodology of the (1952), 8.
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) -- 
