--- title: "3 Larry Laudan Quotes - Famous Philosopher" description: "American philosopher (1941–2022)... | Laurens Lynn \"Larry\" Laudan was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He strongly criticized the ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-larry-laudan-78204.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Larry Laudan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-larry-laudan-78204.jpg) # Larry Laudan (1941–2022) Philosopher **3** quotes in **36** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Larry Laudan was a philosopher. ## Quick Facts About Larry Laudan Born October 16, 1941 Died August 23, 2022 Profession Philosopher ## About Larry Laudan American philosopher (1941–2022)... \| Laurens Lynn "Larry" Laudan was an American philosopher of science and epistemologist. He strongly criticized the traditions of positivism, realism, and relativism, and he defended a view of science as a privileged and progressive institution against challenges. Laudan's philosophical view of "resea ## Quotes by Larry Laudan > [The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts-and-evidence-matter-by-the/) [Larry Laudan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-laudan/) [Campaigns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/campaigns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/larry-laudan-78204_campaigns_the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts_461191.png) > [“I did not write this work merely with the aim of setting the exegetical record straight. My larger target is those contemporaries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-the-aim-of-setting-the/) [Larry Laudan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-laudan/) [Philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/larry-laudan-78204_philosophy_i-did-not-write-this-work-merely-with-th_624923.png) > [The rationale for accepting or rejecting any theory is thus fundamentally based on the idea of problem-solving progress. If one research tradition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/the-rationale-for-accepting-or-rejecting-any-theory-is-thus/) [Larry Laudan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-laudan/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/larry-laudan-78204_accepting_the-rationale-for-accepting-or-rejecting_990833.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-laudan/#itemlist", "name": "Larry Laudan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is - second only to American political campaigns - the most prominent and pernicious manifestation of anti-intellectualism in our time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Larry Laudan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-laudan/the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts-and-evidence-matter-by-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/larry-laudan-78204_campaigns_the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts_461191.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/larry-laudan-78204_campaigns_the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts_461191.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5a/larry-laudan-78204_campaigns_the-displacement-of-the-idea-that-facts_461191.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to…” — Larry Laudan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I did not write this work merely with the aim of setting the exegetical record straight. My larger target is those contemporaries who -- in repeated acts of wish-fulfillment -- have appropriated conclusions from the philosophy of science and put them to work in aid of a variety of social cum political causes for which those conclusions are ill adapted. Feminists, religious apologists (including \"creation scientists\"), counterculturalists, neoconservatives, and a host of other curious fellow-travelers have claimed to find crucial grist for their mills in, for instance, the avowed incommensurability and underdetermination of scientific theories. 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