Philosophy Quotes

"To what extent do we regard the machine as thinking? This is where we must be careful in our use of language."

"If we can make machines that think, what does that say about the nature of human thought itself?"

"Man as a whole, or man as a mathematician, is not comparable to a machine, but some parts of man are."

"The real question is not whether machines can think, but whether they can be built to behave as if they think."

"As machines become more sophisticated, the line between simulation and reality becomes increasingly blurred."

"The meaning of a statement lies in its verification conditions."

"The principle of bivalence does not hold in constructive mathematics."

"Metaphysics depends upon whether we accept realism about abstract entities."

"Wittgenstein's later philosophy corrects many of his earlier mistakes."

"The foundations of mathematics remain deeply contested."

"Abstract objects pose serious problems for any realist theory."

"We cannot step outside our conceptual schemes to verify them."

"Metaphysical disputes often rest on hidden assumptions."

"The mind-body problem reflects confused linguistic categories."

"Universals present special problems for any ontology."

"The identity of indiscernibles remains philosophically contested."

"Propositions require shared standards to be meaningful."

"The meaning of negation remains deeply problematic."

"The analysis of modality requires careful logical work."

"Identity and distinctness are not simple concepts."

"Logical constants have special linguistic properties."

"Properties are not independent of the concepts used to describe them."

"Language games reveal the groundlessness of logical necessity."

"Language does not describe a pre-given reality."

"Intentionality must be explained in linguistic terms."

"Speculative philosophy is the endeavour to frame a coherent, logical, necessary system of general ideas."

"Importance is not intrinsic to a physical fact."

"Matter is the most obvious illustration of a general principle—that individual existence is derived from process."

"Ethics and aesthetics are one."

"Every event is a synthesis of elements drawn from the universe."