To me, work is not a burden but my main hobby. This is why I always take work with me when I go on holidays. Moreover, that's when new projects occur to me: while contemplating beautiful landscapes or seascapes. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
We deem valuable whatever is likely to meet our needs or wishes (individual values) and whatever is likely to help protect or attain social goals (social values). However, this is not a dichotomy, for some individual values, such as truth, are needed to secure some social values, such as mutual trust, and some social values, such as peace, are required… — Mario Bunge Copy Share
A distinguished cognitive neuroscientist confessed to me that, because of his religious upbringing, he could not get rid of psychoneural dualism. The idea that… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Of course much remains to know, but we know how to learn: through scientific research. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
Most contemporary philosophers are conservative and eager to keep their jobs. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
To me, work is not a burden but my main hobby. This is why I always take work with me when I go on… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
A democratic state will protect the freedom to hold any beliefs other than those that harm others, such as racism. In particular, it will… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least. — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
It is scandalous the way some scientists accept uncritically some of the most ridiculous speculations, such as the plurality of worlds, the opinion that… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
All philosophers can do is to abstain from helping the aggressors and to enjoin social scientists to tell the truth instead of joining the… — Mario Bunge Copy Share Image
