Action Quote by Donald Davidson

If there is a case for mental events and mental states, it must be that the positing of them, like the positing of molecules,…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

Every suggested idea produces a corresponding physical reaction. Every idea constantly repeated ends by being engraved upon the brain, provoking the act which corresponds…

— Scott Reed

In physics we deal with states of affairs much simpler than those of psychology and yet we again and again learn that our task…

— Niels Bohr

As physics is a mental reconstruction of material processes, perhaps a physical reconstruction of psychic processes is possible in nature itself.

— Marie-Louise von Franz

“The value of a physical theory depends upon its usefulness. In this sense the history of physical theories might be said to resemble the…

— Gary Zukav

“Physical reality does not require that we be pleased with its mechanism; we must see the implications of a theory for what they are…

— Kevin Michel

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Every thought or idea causes a physical reaction. If stimuli are allowed to pass from the conscious mind to the subconscious mind—and are accepted—the…

— Harry Carpenter

A theory that denies that thoughts can regulate actions does not lend itself readily to the explanation of complex human behavior.

— Albert Bandura

every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will abandon that…

— Thomas Nagel

“Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it. We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want…

— Toba Beta

The so called unconscious inferences can be traced back to the all-preserving memory, which presents us with parallel experiences and hence already knows the…

— Friedrich Nietzsche