Occupation: Philosopher Birth: January 13, 1924 Death: February 11, 1994
Language became a colorless and as indistinct as the business suit which is now worm by everyone, by the scholar, by the businessman, by the professi….
Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be..
Rationalism... is a secularized form of the belief in the power of the word of God..
Science is only ‘one’ of the many instruments people invented to cope with their surroundings. It is not the only one, it is not infallible and it ha….
Humane science must be adapted to the requirements of a balanced and rewarding life..
The separation of science and non-science is not only artificial but also detrimental to the advancement of knowledge. If we want to understand natur….
The sciences of today are business enterprises run on business principles. Research in large institutes is not guided by Truth and Reason but by the ….
A scientist, an artist, a citizen is not like a child who needs papa methodology and mama rationality to give him security and direction, he can take….
Those who violate the rules of a language do not enter new territory; they leave the domain of meaningful discourse. Even facts in these circumstance….
The attitude of the Church was not as dogmatic as is often assumed. Interpretations of Bible passages had been revised in the light of scientific res….
Mathematical Reasoning is not only exact; it has its own criteria of reality..
Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradi….
The church at the time was much more faithful to reason than Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social consequences of….
Science is neither a single tradition, nor the best tradition there is, except for people who have become accustomed to its presence, its benefits an….
The idea of a method that contains firm, unchanging, and absolutely binding principles for conducting the business of science meets considerable diff….
Science is much closer to myth than a scientific philosophy is prepared to admit. It is one of the many forms of thought that have been developed by ….
Ultimate Reality, if such an entity can be postulated, is ineffable..
Today science prevails not because of its comparative merits, but because the show has been rigged in its favour... It reigns supreme because some pa….
Facts are constituted by older ideologies, and a clash between facts and theories may be proof of progress..
A Universal Good should reflect the reality of the individual benefits that are collected under its name, not the other way around..
All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastard….