Abstract
Although many do not realize it, the pursuit of science is well-nigh impossible in the absence of a "philosophy of science," or an overview of what science is all about. Distinguished physicist David Bohm wrote, "Metaphysics is fundamental to every branch of science." By metaphysics he refers to one's basic assumptions which attempt to explain the real nature of things. He continued, "It seems clear that everybody has got some kind of metaphysics, even if he thinks he hasn't got any. Indeed, the practical 'hard-headed' individual who 'only goes by what he sees' generally has a very dangerous kind of metaphysics, i.e. the kind of which he is unaware ... dangerous because in it, assumptions and inferences are being mistaken for directly observed facts, with the result that they are effectively riveted in an almost unchangeable way into the structure of thought."