"I don't think that anything of any consequence is known a priori: all our knowledge is built up by modifying the lore passed on to us by our ancestors in light of our experiences, and the best a philosopher can do is to learn as much about what has been discovered in various empirical fields, and use it to try to craft an improved synthesis."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Philip Kitcher

#Thinking Quotes #Light Quotes #Trying Quotes

“If you fail to gain absolute self-control, you have failed in the greatest victory of life.”
“I know that I am a black man in a white world. . . I know that I never had it made.”

Source : I Never Had It Made introduction (1972)
“Live in the present moment and find your interest and happiness in the things of today.”
“Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.”
“I don't think anything less than perfect, even though I'm a human being. The way I work and go at things is to better myself in perfect terms.”
“I tell you the sign of a believer; When Death comes, there is a smile on his lips”
“Each way means loneliness -- and communion.”
“Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.”

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