Philosophy Quotes

"The sense of the world must lie outside of the world."

"The way out of philosophy is to abandon the notion that words have meanings that are independent of their use."

"My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me must eventually recognize them as nonsensical."

"I don't know my way about things anymore."

"What a remarkable discovery it would be if it turned out that ethics was something we could discuss in words."

"The solution lies not in the solving of a problem, but in its dissolution."

"The universe doesn't care about your plans; it operates on its own logic."

"We should distinguish between what science says and what we believe about reality."

"Realism about unobservables requires more justification than realism provides."

"A theory can be empirically adequate yet ontologically extravagant."

"Constructive empiricism offers a reasonable middle path in epistemology."

"Scientific rationality does not require belief in all consequences of our theories."

"Realism faces the problem of explaining the success of false theories."

"Metaphysical disputes often cannot be settled by scientific evidence alone."

"Rational belief does not always require belief in literal truth."

"The debate over scientific realism concerns what we should believe about theories."

"The success of science need not be evidence of its truth."

"Scientific methodology does not settle questions of metaphysical interpretation."

"Rationality in science involves accepting empirically adequate theories."

"Scientific realism requires defending claims that go beyond empirical evidence."

"The interpretation of our best theories is philosophically underdetermined."

"The relationship between language and reality is complex and indirect."

"Empiricism is compatible with sophisticated philosophical analysis."

"Metaphysical positions go beyond what physics can establish."

"Scientific rationality requires judgment about what to believe and what to accept."

"Philosophy of science must take seriously the distinction between appearance and reality."

"Rational thought requires distinguishing between different kinds of cognitive commitment."

"The intentionality of mental states is intrinsic to their nature, not derived from external interpretation."

"The great challenge of philosophy is explaining how subjective experience relates to objective reality."

"We must move beyond Cartesian dualism without falling into reductive materialism."