Knowledge Quotes

From ancient scholars to modern scientists, these quotes explore what it means to learn and to know.

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"What is possible constrains what must be actual."
Fine, Kit
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"The greatest discoveries come from questioning what everyone assumes is true."
Lewis, David
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"To understand language is to understand how we cooperate with one another."
Grice, Paul
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"The meaning of an utterance is not exhausted by its literal content."
Grice, Paul
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"We understand not what is said, but what is meant by the saying of it."
Grice, Paul
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"The context of utterance determines its meaning and force."
Grice, Paul
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"Understanding requires us to go beyond the words to the intention."
Grice, Paul
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"Seeing is not a simple physiological process but an interpretive act."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Understanding requires more than mere sensory experience."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"A trained observer sees more than an untrained one."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Understanding the world requires both eyes and mind."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Concepts are tools we use to organize our understanding."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Careful observation is the foundation of all knowledge."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Knowledge requires integration of observation and understanding."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Concepts evolve as our understanding deepens and broadens."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"The pursuit of knowledge is the pursuit of clarity and truth."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Careful observation reveals the complexity of seemingly simple phenomena."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Knowledge is more than the accumulation of facts."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Observation requires training and cultivation of the observing mind."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Knowledge advances through the dialogue between theory and observation."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"The mind actively constructs reality through interpretation."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Understanding grows through the integration of diverse perspectives."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Careful observation and clear thinking are the foundations of knowledge."
Hanson, Norwood Russell
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"Language is the measure of thought. To improve one's language is to improve one's capacity for rational reflection."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"All authentic knowledge has the form of universality and necessity."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"Meaning is not a property of words in isolation but emerges in the use of language."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"The logical structure of the world is reflected in the structure of language."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"Knowledge is not a mental state but a normative status in the space of reasons."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"The private language argument shows that meaning requires community."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"Concepts are tools formaking sense of experience, not mirrors of reality."
Sellars, Wilfrid