Concepts Quote by Hilary Kornblith

In fact, of course, I hold that propositions that contemporary philosophers would properly count as 'empirical' can be necessary and be known to be…

— Saul Kripke

An empirical philosophy is in any case a kind of intellectual disrobing. We cannot permanently divest ourselves of the intellectual habits we take on…

— John Dewey

“Empirical" knowledge itself is of little benefit unless it awakens the inner perception of man as to his own situation, his potentialities, his risks,…

— Fazlur Rahman

It started becoming clear to me how one might have views about the nature of mind and of knowledge which are empirically informed. This…

— Hilary Kornblith

The kind of approach I take is different from much of experimental philosophy. Although the experimental philosophers and I are certainly in agreement about…

— Hilary Kornblith

Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of themanly contemplation…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.

— Wendell Berry

Ethologists thus have an interest in looking at these capacities for the reliable acquisition of belief, and it is not surprising that they have…

— Hilary Kornblith

“Why Humanities Matter (Sonnet 2443) There's not one but two kinds of knowledge, one is empirical, another is existential. Maths, physics, chemistry, biology, these…

— Abhijit Naskar

Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical…

— Imre Lakatos

“and science, can be traced back as a direct result of this deficiency in human thinking.  We can express this deficiency in the form…

— Bō Jinn

Pure logical thinking cannot yield us any knowledge of the empirical world. All knowledge of reality starts from experience and ends in it.

— Albert Einstein