Philosophy Quotes

"The mind works through networks of associations and examples."

"Thought depends on the body and its interaction with the world."

"We reason better with stories than with abstract arguments."

"The mind is not a passive receiver of information."

"Thought is fundamentally about relations among representations."

"The referent of a term depends on causal history, not meaning alone."

"Understanding is grasping how things fit together."

"Moral truth, if it exists, is not easily accessible through intuition."

"We understand through exemplars and prototypes."

"The mind is characterized by its representational capacities."

"Our conceptual system shapes our perception of reality."

"Thought is fundamentally representational."

"Reasoning proceeds through example and comparison."

"The mind operates through association and pattern recognition."

"Representation is the key to understanding mind."

"Moral truth, if any, requires careful examination."

"The mind connects concepts through networks of meaning."

"Thought depends on having the right conceptual resources."

"The mind works through exemplary cases."

"Representations constitute thought."

"The mind is a system of interconnected concepts."

"Thought is possible only with appropriate conceptual schemes."

"Representation is both mental and linguistic."

"The examined life is the only life worth living."

"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."

"Meaning is constructed, not discovered."

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

"People are not always rational, and that's the most rational thing to admit."

"A person is not just a collection of traits; context matters enormously."

"The halo effect makes us assume that people who are good at one thing are good at everything."