"Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements."

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Source : Chauncey Wright (2000). “The Evolutionary Philosophy of Chauncey Wright”, p.96, A&C Black

Chauncey Wright

#Confidence Quotes #Agreement Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other.”
“It takes time to get to the top, and that's good - because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.”
“We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.”
“Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life.”
“No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.”
“Doesn't matter. If I would've had a beer before the game, I would've been drunk. So I don't believe in 'if.'”
“In terms of work, obviously acting is such a job that is very in the flesh kind of thing. It's your work, but it's your life, in a way. You can get so mixed up.”
“Methodological naturalism gives advice to scientists about what they should include in their theories. There is a second type of methodological naturalism that gives advice to philosophers, which I call "methodological naturalismp." It says that the methods that philosophers should use in assessing philosophical theories are limited to the methods that scientists ought to use in assessing scientific theories.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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