Almost everything will seem to work on the right subjects, and almost nothing will on the wrong ones.
Mar 312023
Thinking
Operations of thought are like cavalry charges in a battle — they are strictly limited in number, require fresh horses, and must only be made at decisive moments.
—Whitehead
Mar 172023
Students need to see thinking in action. Instead they are shown thinking accomplished, and the two look nothing alike.
Mar 082023
Heidegger was not a bad philosopher because he became a Nazi. But he may have become a Nazi because he was a bad philosopher.
Mar 032023
A theory of mind must account for the existence of theories of mind.
Feb 222023
The more open-minded you are, the less stupidity you can afford.
Feb 202023
All taxonomies are right, but some are useful.
Jan 272023
If many hold one view, at no cost to themselves, and a few hold the contrary, at grievous expense, which carries more weight?
Jan 242023
The hunger remains as keen as ever for doctrine, for dogma, and any doctrine or dogma will do.
Jan 112023
Science began to decline when we began to debate whether some particular bit of knowledge merited the term.
Dec 272022
Always keep a book handy for when you’re not up to thinking.