Philosophy Quotes
Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.
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"Philosophy of science is indispensable for understanding science itself."van Fraassen, Bas
"Constructive empiricism offers resources for thinking clearly about evidence and commitment."van Fraassen, Bas
"The principle of relativity, like all principles, requires careful and humble interpretation."Weyl, Hermann
"The universe is geometrical at its deepest level."Weyl, Hermann
"Perfect objectivity is a delusion; the observer cannot be separated from the observed."Weyl, Hermann
"The universe respects mathematical elegance."Weyl, Hermann
"The mind is both the observer and the observed."Weyl, Hermann
"We are conscious beings in a mathematical universe."Weyl, Hermann
"The observer is part of the observed reality."Weyl, Hermann
"Mathematics reveals the hidden order of the cosmos."Weyl, Hermann
"The study of physics is ultimately the study of reality itself."Wigner, Eugene
"The paradoxes we encounter in physics are gateways to deeper understanding."Wigner, Eugene
"The relationship between observer and observed is more subtle than we typically assume."Wigner, Eugene
"The relationship between theory and reality is the eternal puzzle of physics."Wigner, Eugene
"The task is not so much to see what no one has yet seen, but to think what nobody has yet thought about that which everybody sees."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness cannot be explained by the physical properties of the brain alone."Schrödinger, Erwin
"We do not belong to the materialistic school of thought."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness is a singularity phasing within and out of the greater void."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Ethics and aesthetics are one."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The unity of the conscious mind and the unity of the body is not one and the same thing."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Mind is not something separate from the physical universe; it is part of it."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The plurality of the world which we see is something secondary."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness seems to come and go as the individual comes into being and passes away."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness is not just one of the phenomena of nature; it is the fundamental phenomenon."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The individual is not a new element inserted into the universe at birth; rather, the physical continuum was his from the beginning of time."Schrödinger, Erwin
"In an idealistic philosophy, the object of knowledge is an idea."Schrödinger, Erwin
"The physical world is really abstract; what we call concrete are the mental images."Schrödinger, Erwin
"Consciousness is connected with the physical world through the brain."Schrödinger, Erwin
"We are suspended in the middle of a cosmos of which we know nothing."Schrödinger, Erwin