the foundations of the edifice of science need contuual renewal

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An example of metphor used by a scientist:

"The more the edifice of science develops, and the more freely it rises into the air, the more it requires the examination and the continual renewal of its foundations."

Ernst Cassirer

Cassirer, E. (2000/1942). The Logic of the Cultural Sciences (S. G. Lofts, Trans.). Yale University Press.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.