Philosophy Quotes

"Logical truth emerges from linguistic convention, not metaphysical necessity."

"Abstract singular terms commit us to abstract singular objects."

"Necessity is relative to a background theory or framework."

"Action is the essence of existence."

"Human action is purposeful behavior."

"Language is the vehicle of thought."

"Man is not a robot who merely reacts to external stimuli."

"Only the individual mind can think."

"Philosophy is useless because it does not help us to make money."

"Subjective value is not intrinsic; it is the value men place on things."

"The characteristic mark of our age is the revival of metaphysics."

"The intellectual is an individual who wants everything to be subject to his reason."

"The laissez-faire philosophy is not against action."

"The theory of consumer choice is not about consumption but about human valuation."

"The world is not an invention of thinking."

"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."

"Philosophy helps us examine our deepest assumptions."

"Responsibility follows from understanding."

"What appears irrational from one perspective may be perfectly logical from another."

"Competing paradigms offer different worlds to their adherents."

"What counts as a good explanation depends on your paradigm."

"The scientist's commitment to truth is mediated by commitment to a paradigm."

"Paradigm shifts are not progressive in any absolute sense."

"What seems irrational in the context of one paradigm may be essential in another."

"Paradigm choice is not determined by the rules of logic alone."

"Incommensurability means that different paradigms create different worlds of experience."

"Paradigm choice involves aesthetic and metaphysical considerations, not just logical ones."

"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

"Consciousness is not merely the entity for which physical and mental are correlates."

"The value of philosophy is its effect upon the character of the philosopher."