Argument Quote by Bertrand Russell

When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all…

— Thucydides

“(I)n order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it. (p. 158)”

— Rebecca Goldstein

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will…

— Galileo Galilei

Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them…

— Sonia Sotomayor

“The point is simply to keep the argument going, to ensure that it never reaches a conclusion (which leads to confusion, fatigue and collusion)”

— Matthew d'Ancona

In order to refute a conclusion, you have to put forth the best possible argument for it.

— Rebecca Goldstein

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by…

— George Henry Lewes

“after philosophy, action is required;”

— Victor Hugo

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

— Steven Weinberg

The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the former conclusions…

— James Jeans

“There is no method of reasoning more common, and yet none more blameable, than, in philosophical disputes, to endeavour the refutation of any hypothesis,…

— David Hume

“Most philosophers do not want intellectual matters to reduce to a question of morality (obedience or rebellion to God's Word). They want to hold…

— Greg L. Bahnsen