Fallacies Quotes

37 quotes by 28 authors

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be… — Louis D. Brandeis
We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and… — Samuel Johnson
As the science of economics...exploded the fallacies of every brand of utopianism, it was outlawed and stigmatized as unscientific. — Ludwig von Mises
The weeds of a seemingly learned and brilliant but actually trivial and empty philosophy of Nature which, after having been replaced some 50 years ago… — Hermann Kolbe
In a high tech world the cure for the tragic shortcomings and perilous fallacies of human intuition is education, but education in economics, evolutionary biology,… — Steven Pinker
Some of the most serious fallacies of traditional economics have been due to confusion between optimum and equilibrium conditions; the apparent influence of Dr. Pangloss… — Sir John Richard Hicks
All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive… — Morris Raphael Cohen
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman
Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man — Henry Hazlitt
The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction — Freya Stark
To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its… — Samuel Johnson
Congress remains in total denial as our liberties are rapidly fading before our eyes. The process is propelled by unwarranted fear and ignorance as to… — Ron Paul
It begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible. — Steven Pinker
Perhaps the greatest of all pedagogical fallacies is the notion that a person learns only the particular thing he is studying at the time. — John Dewey
Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and… — Darrel Ray
Before we can study the central issues of life today, we must destroy the prejudices and fallacies born of previous centuries. — Leo Tolstoy
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection… — Samuel Johnson
One of the great fallacies of our time is that the Nazis rose to power because they imposed order on chaos. Precisely the opposite is… — John Fowles
The divergent series are the invention of the devil, and it is a shame to base on them any demonstration whatsoever. By using them, one… — Niels Henrik Abel
There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies. — Criss Jami

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