Norwood Russell Hanson
(17 Aug 1924 - Apr 1967)

American philosopher of science.

Science Quotes by Norwood Russell Hanson (2)

Seeing is an experience. A retinal reaction is only a physical state... People, not their eyes, see. Cameras, and eye-balls, are blind... there is more to seeing than meets the eyeball.
— Norwood Russell Hanson
Patterns of Discovery (1958), 6-7.
See also:  |  Sight (4)

There is no logical staircase running from the physics of 10-28 cm. to the physics of 1028 light-years.
— Norwood Russell Hanson
Patterns of Discovery (1958), 157.
See also:  |  Discovery (166)


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