"What we call knowledge does not and cannot have the purpose of producing representations of an independent reality, but instead has an adaptive function."

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Source : "Contextualism in psychological research?: a critical review" by E. John Capaldi, Robert W. Proctor, (p. 10), 1999.

Ernst von Glasersfeld

#Knowledge Quotes #Independent Quotes #Reality Quotes

“There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.”
“Millions of working, uninsured Americans go to bed every night worrying what will happen to them and their families if a major illness or injury strikes.”
“[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's as if she came perfectly happy home instead of what Kaede just told me. I feel a relaxing warmth at the thought, realizing suddenly how much I'm anticipating meeting up with Tess again. Where she goes, I go, and vice versa. Peas in a pod. Then there's June. Even the thought of her name makes it hard for me to breathe. I'm almost embarrassed by my reaction. Are June and I a good match? No. It's the first word to pop into my mind. And yet, still.”
“I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.”

Source : Bill Veeck, Ed Linn (2012). “Veeck--As In Wreck: The Autobiography of Bill Veeck”, p.119, University of Chicago Press
“Whenever anyone declares having read a book of mine I am disappointed by the error. Thatâ€™s because my books are not to be read in the sense usually called reading: the only way it seems to me to approach the novels that I write is to catch them in the same manner that one catches an illness.”
“The crazy thing about the entertainment industry now is that you can't do just one thing. If you're focusing in on just one thing you're pretty much doomed.”
“Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery”
“I think it's important to remember that music supervision is not just about a fantastic record collection or knowledge of music, although that certainly helps for aspiring music supervisors.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com

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