The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political… — Richard Lindzen Copy Share Image
What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of "true scientific discourse." It isn't. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Rhetoric is useful because the true and the just are naturally superior to their opposites, so that, if decisions are improperly made,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“a kind of story interested in using the language of dreams and fragments, vague impressions, snatches of scientific discourse, in order to… — Helen Marshall Copy Share Image
Promoting open and critical and respectful scientific discourse seems like a pretty good goal to me. — Susan Fiske Copy Share Image
“All discourses and disciplines proceed from commitments and beliefs that are ultimately religious in nature. No scientific discourse (whether natural science or… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
