March 2010
25 posts
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“ “A human being is a synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the...”
– Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855), “Sickness Unto Death” in Basic Writings of Existentialism, edited and with an introduction by Gordon Marino, New York: The Modern Library, p. 41.
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“Rudolf Carnap on the logical structure of the world
“We do not wish to...”
– Rudolf Carnap, The Logical Structure of the World, and Pseudoproblems in Philosophy, 1967; originally published in 1928; translated from the German by Rolf A. George thx mhsteger
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“ “I feel like there’s this tension that goes on in business and especially...”
– Steve Portigal, from a fascinating discussion transposed here. (tnx chrbutler)
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“ “Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human...”
– Carl Sagan, Cosmos, Random House, New York, 1980, p. 339
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“ “File cabinets and human minds are information-storage systems. We could...”
– David Gelernter, The Second Coming - A manifesto, Edge
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“ “There may be nothing new under the sun, but permutation of the old...”
– Stephen Jay Gould, 1977, American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and historian of science (1941-2002)
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“ “He who knows nothing, loves nothing. He who can do nothing understands...”
– Paracelsus, cited in Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving, Harper & Row, New York, 1956
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“ “We learn and teach words in certain contexts, and then we are expected,...”
– Stanley Cavell, ‘Must We Mean What We Say?’
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“ “Now that physics is proving the intelligence of the universe, what are...”
– Jeanette Winterson, Gut Symmetries (via homeofthevain)
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“ “Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission...”
– Edward O. Wilson, American biologist, researcher in sociobiology, biodiversity, theorist, naturalist and author.
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“ “What truly is logic? Who decides reason? My quest has taken me to the...”
– John Nash, from A Beautiful Mind
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“ “Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not,...”
– Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld in The Evolution of Physics: From Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966, p. 31. Originally published 1938. (Source)
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““The super-national character of scientific concepts and scientific...”
– Albert Einstein in his speech “The Common Language of Science”, a broadcast-recording for the Science Conference in London on September 28th, 1941. First published in The Advancement of Science, Vol 2, No 5, London: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Available in The Theory of...
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“ “I’m sorry this letter is so long, I didn’t have time to make...”
– George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics (1856-1950)
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“Paul B. Baltes on wisdom as collective knowledge
“Another feature of...”
– Paul B. Baltes in Wisdom as Orchestration of Mind and Virtue (pdf), p. 21., cited in Entersection
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“ “Intelligence thrives on wildness: It does not take well to...”
– Pete Mandik, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program, Washington University, St Louis, USA via Will Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, 21C Magazine (tnx wildcat2030)
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“ “The starships of the future, in other words the vehicles of the future,...”
– Terence McKenna,Ordinary Language, Visible Language and Virtual Reality
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“Terence McKenna: “Culture replaces authentic feeling with words”...”
– Terence McKenna,Ordinary Language, Visible Language and Virtual Reality
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“ “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a...”
– William Butler Yeaths, Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the most popular figures of 20th century literature among pro-Irish Americans (1865-1939)
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“ “What, then, is understanding?
I want to suggest that understanding...”
– Ernst von Glasersfeld, Cybernetics and the Art of Living (tnx wildcat2030)
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“ “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” ”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher who held the professorship in philosophy at the University of Cambridge (1889-1951), Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 