Science Quotes

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"The mind is a pattern-seeking machine; language is its pattern-making tool."
Katz, Jerrold
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"Intentionality is the mark of the mental."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Meaning emerges from evolutionary history."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Thought is grounded in the physical world."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Biology shapes all our thinking."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Purpose is embedded in biological systems."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"The brain enables all cognition."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Evolution explains the origins of mind."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Understanding minds requires scientific rigor."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"The mind is part of the natural world."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Evolution provides the key to understanding mind."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"The mind emerged through natural processes."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Purpose is real and discoverable."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Evolution explains our mental capacities."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"The mind connects us to reality."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"The formal analysis of language reveals hidden truths about existence."
Montague, Richard
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"Reality and representation are bound together by semantic relations."
Montague, Richard
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"Every model of reality is necessarily incomplete, yet still valuable."
Montague, Richard
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"The study of semantics is the study of how minds relate to worlds."
Montague, Richard
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"The formal analysis of thought is a window into the nature of mind."
Montague, Richard
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"The universe speaks to us in the language of mathematics and logic."
Montague, Richard
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"The precision of mathematics shows us what precision can mean; the flexibility of natural language shows us what flexibility can mean."
Montague, Richard
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"The universe is not silent; it speaks to us through the languages we have learned to hear."
Montague, Richard
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"Science is humanity's way of asking the universe its secrets."
Kaplan, David
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"Science demands humility; the universe is always more complex than we imagine."
Kaplan, David
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"Science progresses not through certainty, but through disciplined doubt."
Perry, John
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"Science is the systematic humbling of human arrogance."
Perry, John
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"Science progresses through refined questioning."
Fine, Kit
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"Science requires both imagination and rigor."
Fine, Kit
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"The universe responds not to our wishes, but to our understanding."
Burge, Tyler