The philosophy of reasoning, to be complete, ought to comprise the theory of bad as well as of good reasoning. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
That was the reasoning behind learning to play bass, and then after that it was more like it was neat to play… — Tom Araya Copy Share Image
The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Nearly every example of faulty reasoning that has been published is accompanied by the phrase "of course" or its equivalent.” — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
“There is an inexplicable sense of relief in being proven wrong, which perhaps can only be realized by either a scientist or… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“There is hope for you when your opinions are in opposition to those of the majority. Your brain mighty be working as… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning. — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
“Somewhere Chesterton writes--I think it is Chesterton--that you cannot reason a man from a position that reason didn’t deliver him to.” — Alec Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Inferences of Science and Common Sense differ from those of deductive logic and mathematics in a very important respect, namely, when the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Religion is a subject which, if the believers used the same "reasoning" to address problems at work as they use to defend… — Dave Champion Copy Share Image
“Modern society is modern because of its mental cocktail of reasoning and compassion. Turn the compassion network in the brain off, and… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express,… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Our hearts and minds are more complicated than that, with layers on layers of reasoning and feelings and motivation. There’s always another… — Staci Hart Copy Share Image
We probably could more successfully resolve the North Korean nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning. We could successfully resolve what American leaders seem… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Copy Share Image
To believe straight away is foolishness, to believe after having seen clearly is good sense. That is the Buddhist policy in belief;… — Buddhadasa Copy Share Image
There you have it: an expensive higher education based on sloganeering, on pat, trite phrases that substitute moral posturing for political reasoning.… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from… — Daniel Crevier Copy Share Image
“But if you put individuals together in the right way, such that some individuals can use their reasoning powers to disconfirm the… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
Ideology on which the Kyoto Protocol is based, is a new form of totalitarian ideology, along with Marxism, Communism and socialism. We… — Andrey Illarionov Copy Share Image
Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible… — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and… — Paul Dirac Copy Share Image
I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." Reason is a light, reasoning a process.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Much of the Constitution is remarkably simple and straightforward - certainly as compared to the convoluted reasoning of judges and law professors… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
For most problems found in mathematics textbooks, mathematical reasoning is quite useful. But how often do people find textbook problems in real… — Lynn Steen Copy Share Image
What sets us against one another is not our aims-they all come to the same thing-but our methods, which are the fruit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“Being articulate is not the same as being wise. Truth devoid of conscience, is worthless in human existence.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I am well aware of the disagreeable effect produced on the majority of humanity, by whatever relates, even at the slightest degree… — Hiram Maxim Copy Share Image
A man's judgment is best when he can forget himself and any reputation he may have acquired and can concentrate wholly on… — Raymond A. Spruance Copy Share Image
“Reason and Faith are no more antithetical than the mind and the heart, for neither one exists or has meaning without the… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
Since it's fiction, the book resonates, at least for me, on various levels, some of which intimate ideas about history but none… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without visibly affecting the prejudice — Charles Mildmay Copy Share Image
The basis of the discovery is imagination, careful reasoning and experimentation where the use of knowledge created by those who came before… — Bengt I. Samuelsson Copy Share Image
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its… — Robert B. Laughlin Copy Share Image
Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice. — Diogenes Copy Share Image
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
I consider that in dialectics I am the equal of Socrates. As to women, I agree that each has three or four… — Henryk Sienkiewicz Copy Share Image
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