Philosophy Quotes

"The parties in the original position would choose two principles: equal liberty and fair equality of opportunity."

"The parties in the original position would not choose utilitarian principles because these could impose excessive burdens on minorities."

"In designing just institutions, we should consider what free and equal persons would agree to under fair conditions."

"The original position models the principles that free and equal citizens would rationally accept to govern their social world."

"The original position is an expository device that helps us think clearly about what fair terms of cooperation would be."

"The attempt to make heaven on earth produces a hell."

"The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality ought to be."

"To be without dogma is not to be without principles."

"Reason alone cannot answer the deeper questions of life."

"Our theories tell us more about ourselves than about the world."

"Certainty is the enemy of progress."

"The principle of verifiability is not itself a statement of fact."

"Metaphysics is a form of poetry rather than science."

"We are not concerned with the fact that sentences of a metaphysical appearance are historically important."

"The traditional dispute between realists and their opponents is unreal."

"Logical positivism sought to eliminate meaningless speculation."

"The mind-body problem is ultimately a pseudo-problem."

"The criterion of meaningfulness determines all philosophical discourse."

"The self is nothing over and above its constituent experiences."

"We mistake linguistic confusion for profound philosophical puzzles."

"Personal identity is constituted by psychological continuity."

"Metaphysical realism creates more problems than it solves."

"Nominalism provides the most economical metaphysical framework."

"The world consists of atomic facts arranged in logical space."

"We confuse grammatical form with logical form at great cost."

"Metaphysical entities are creatures of confused thinking."

"We must purge philosophy of mysticism and obscurity."

"We mistake the map for the territory in philosophical thinking."

"The mind is the totality of mental phenomena, not a substance."

"Metaphysical positions rest on unwarranted conceptual leaps."