Agents Quote by Dale Jamieson

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined…

— Morris Raphael Cohen

The philosopher ... subjects experience to his critical judgment, and this contains a value judgment namely, that freedom from toil is preferable to toil,…

— Herbert Marcuse

Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and…

— Pythagoras

Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.

— Wallace Stevens

Philosophy can help laymen spot and reject the numerous pseudoscientific beliefs that survive in the media, such as the fantasies of psychoanalysts, evolutionary psychologists,…

— Mario Bunge

The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

— Eric Hoffer

Philosophers are never quite sure what they are talking about - about what the issues really are - and so often it takes them…

— Daniel Dennett

People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they…

— Kenny Smith

The only debatable issue, it seems to me, is whether it is more ridiculous to turn to experts in social theory for general well-confirmed…

— Noam Chomsky

What you can imagine depends on what you know. Philosophers who know only philosophy consign themselves to a janitorial role in the great enterprises…

— Anonymous

Philosophers are smart, analytical, and skeptical. For these reasons they are relatively unbiased.

— Dale Jamieson

Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to us. Others…

— Jason Stanley