Knowledge Quotes

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

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"The foundations of knowledge are not sense impressions but conceptual practices."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"We understand the world by learning to navigate the space of reasons."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"The structure of thought mirrors the structure of language."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"Knowledge requires not just true belief but appropriate relations to reasons."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"We do not first have sensations and then interpret them; sensation is already interpretive."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"The given cannot ground knowledge; only the inferential can do that."
Sellars, Wilfrid
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"The effort is to rid the theory of the infinities that appear in it"
Bell, John Stewart
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"I am, I believe, thinking about the same things as those concerned with the foundations of other sciences"
Bell, John Stewart
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"What determines whether an idea is right or wrong in physics"
Bell, John Stewart
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"To understand nature, one must listen to what it tells us"
Bell, John Stewart
B
"The mind is the greatest instrument of discovery"
Bell, John Stewart
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is certainty"
Bell, John Stewart
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"Knowledge without curiosity is sterile"
Bell, John Stewart
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"To understand one thing deeply is to understand many things"
Bell, John Stewart
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"Quantum mechanics reveals the true multiplicity of existence."
Everett, Hugh
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"The many-worlds view eliminates the paradoxes of quantum mechanics."
Everett, Hugh
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"There is no hidden truth in quantum mechanics; only interpretation."
Everett, Hugh
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"The many-worlds view liberates us from quantum paradoxes."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics teaches us that reality transcends our perception."
Everett, Hugh
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"The many-worlds interpretation is the solution to quantum mysteries."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics demands we embrace multiplicity as fundamental."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics teaches us that existence is richer than we dare imagine."
Everett, Hugh
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"Quantum mechanics reveals reality is exponentially more vast than we assumed."
Everett, Hugh
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"We must embrace quantum multiplicity to understand our universe truly."
Everett, Hugh
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"A theory that explains everything explains nothing. Specificity is the mark of genuine knowledge."
Lakatos, Imre
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"What cannot be criticized cannot be understood. Understanding requires the willingness to be wrong."
Lakatos, Imre
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"Knowledge grows in concentric circles, each larger than the last, yet each revealing new boundaries."
Lakatos, Imre
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"Knowledge without self-criticism is merely accumulated prejudice."
Lakatos, Imre
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"Understanding requires not just knowledge of facts, but knowledge of how we came to know them."
Lakatos, Imre
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"The mind creates the illusion of separation between observer and observed."
Bohm, David