"Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether there is objective chance or only uncertainty, whether physics can explain chemical change, whether our behavior is fully determined by our genomes, whether ideation can change the brain, or whether either the economy or ideas are the ultimate roots of the social."

--

Source : Source: deutsche-denker.de

Mario Bunge

#Independent Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Roots Quotes

“Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.”

Source : "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.
“Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.”

Source : "Andrea Arnold Tackles An Iconic Love Story". Interview with Ella Taylor, www.npr.org. October 9, 2012.
“But you can't get to the place you most want to be without taking a chance.”
“Do the thing itself. Donâ€™t pay much mind to critics or what anyone says about it. Just do it, in any form possible, and watch others doing it. Take it in viscerally, get it by osmosis. Donâ€™t ever read your own reviews, certainly not the good ones.”
“Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.”
“There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell”
“I think especially boys have a competitive streak when they're 12.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium. Those who see chess merely as a means of self-proof make the game experience uncomfortable and drive many of the better, more sensitive brains to analysis, correspondence, problems, studies and the like.”

You may also like:

Bertrand Russell
Philosopher
Carl Gustav Hempel
Writer
Imre Lakatos
Philosopher
Karl Popper
Philosopher
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
Paul Feyerabend
Philosopher
Rudolf Carnap
Philosopher
Thomas Kuhn
Physicist