Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Our sense of self is constructed partly from the choices we make."Ariely, Dan
"We are creatures who seek meaning, even where none exists."Ariely, Dan
"We all carry invisible scripts that guide our behavior."Ariely, Dan
"Understanding human nature means accepting our contradictions."Ariely, Dan
"Our sense of identity is more fluid than we think."Ariely, Dan
"The meaning of our lives is constructed through the choices we make."Ariely, Dan
"We are all searching for meaning in an indifferent universe."Ariely, Dan
"Probability is a language for describing uncertainty in the world."Gigerenzer, Gerd
"Uncertainty is not a weakness but a fundamental feature of existence."Gigerenzer, Gerd
"Numbers alone cannot answer moral and ethical questions."Gigerenzer, Gerd
"Understanding probability is understanding the structure of reality."Gigerenzer, Gerd
"We are not rational beings; we are rationalizing beings."Tversky, Amos
"We underestimate how much our environment shapes our behavior."Tversky, Amos
"The narrative fallacy makes us construct stories to explain randomness."Tversky, Amos
"We see intentionality even in random events."Tversky, Amos
"The unexamined life is not worth living."Pollock, John
"Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom."Pollock, John
"Humans are not computers. We have emotions, limitations, and cognitive biases that shape our decisions."Thaler, Richard
"Emotions influence our rational judgments far more than we like to admit."Thaler, Richard
"The best decisions come from combining emotional wisdom with rational analysis."Thaler, Richard
"Behavioral insights suggest that people are both rational and irrational, selfish and fair-minded."Thaler, Richard
"The interplay between emotion and reason is where real human decision-making happens."Thaler, Richard
"The basic idea in case-based reasoning is that the human mind works by remembering examples."Harman, Gilbert
"The mind is fundamentally a system of representations."Harman, Gilbert
"We must distinguish between what we think and what we can justify."Harman, Gilbert
"Semantic content depends on how thoughts are causally related to the world."Harman, Gilbert
"Epistemology without attention to psychology is incomplete."Harman, Gilbert
"Intuition pump arguments reveal deep assumptions in our thinking."Harman, Gilbert
"Representation is central to all cognition."Harman, Gilbert
"Logical form does not determine meaning."Harman, Gilbert