Edgington, Dorothy

Philosopher British Born 1941 (age 85)

Developed probabilistic approach to conditionals.

384 quotes

"A good question is worth a thousand answers."
Wisdom
"We think ourselves into clarity, not out of confusion."
Philosophy
"The conditional reveals how we connect cause to consequence."
Science
"Real learning involves unlearning our false certainties."
Education
"The power of thought lies in its capacity for self-correction."
Power
"Every definition contains the seeds of future understanding."
Knowledge
"We become wise by acknowledging how much remains mysterious."
Wisdom
"Precision in thought is an act of respect for truth."
"The apparent simplicity often conceals profound complexity."
Philosophy
"Understanding requires us to think beyond language."
Knowledge
"The courage to think clearly is its own reward."
Courage
"Language shapes not only how we speak but how we think."
Philosophy
"True education teaches us to question our own questions."
Education
"The structure of possibility reveals the limits of necessity."
Philosophy
"We find truth not in facts alone, but in justified belief."
Truth
"Imagination is the faculty that frees us from the merely actual."
Imagination
"Every coherent thought rests on assumptions we rarely examine."
Philosophy
"The strength of an idea lies in how it withstands scrutiny."
Strength
"We grow most when we encounter resistance to our thinking."
"Wisdom lies in knowing what we cannot know."
Wisdom
"The philosophical life is a life of perpetual awakening."
Philosophy
"Truth-seeking is a practice, not a destination."
Truth
"Every concept is a tool; we must know its limitations."
Knowledge
"The mind's greatest power is the ability to think against itself."
Power
"Clarity emerges from the patient examination of confusion."
Patience
"We understand ourselves through understanding our thoughts."
"The conditional is the language of causality and possibility."
Philosophy
"To think is to participate in the creation of meaning."
Creativity
"Real knowledge begins where certainty ends."
Knowledge
"The pursuit of truth is an end in itself."
Truth