People are mostly sane enough, of course, in the affairs of common life: the getting of food, shelter, and so on. But the moment they attempt any dep…

- David Stove

We set ourselves to achieve a society that would be maximally tolerant. But that resolve not only gives maximum scope to the activities of those who …

- David Stove

A philosopher may try to prove the truth of something he believed before he was a philosopher, but even if he succeeds, his belief never regain the u…

- David Stove

If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic.

- David Stove

But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things …

- David Stove