Philosophy Quote by J.L. Austin

The experimentalists think that we can only get at our concepts by way of empirical investigation, while the armchair philosophers think that we can…

— Hilary Kornblith

“I find that some philosophers think that my whole approach to qualia is not playing fair. I don’t respect the standard rules of philosophical…

— Daniel C. Dennett

“The first questions naturally raised by a person emerging from the fog of childhood are the same questions that led Aristotle and other great…

— Alan E. Johnson

The human mind is not, as philosophers would have you think, a debating hall, but a picture gallery.

— Douglas Harding

I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I know that that offends other…

— Alan Moore

We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.

— Terry Pratchett

The huge majority of philosophers seem to think that including impure properties in the range of the quantifiers of the principle would make the…

— Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but,…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“Broadly put, philosophers think: politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of…

— Jon Meacham

Kant can provide, and has provided, a good model for philosophers to think about the relation of metaphysics to science and scientific methodology.

— Allen W. Wood

Look at them. There are your true philosophers. I think that Mack and the boys know everything that has ever happened in the world…

— John Steinbeck

When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.

— Megan McCafferty