Philosophy Quote by James Ladyman

“Given that the 'common sense' of many contemporary philosophers is shaped and supplemented by ideas from classical physics, the locus of most metaphysical discussions…

— James Ladyman

“Metaphysics is… at the root of all other sciences, which indeed presuppose it. It has been abandoned by the modern mind, which seems to…

— Dom Eugene Boylan

“it’s a metaphysical choice that science makes when it states that with the help of our concepts we can discover the ultimate nature of…

— Anonymous

Metaphysics is the clearing house for all fundamental philosophical problems.

— Joseph Alexander Leighton

“One of the basic tenets of all metaphysical systems of thought is that we create our own reality in accord with our beliefs.”

— Mary Greer

Metaphysics is a cobweb that the mind weaves around things.

— Edward Abbey

“It is true, there could be a metaphysical world; the absolute possibility of it is hardly to be disputed. We behold all things through…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“My object is to persuade all those who think metaphysics worth studying that it is absolutely necessary to pause a moment and, disregarding all…

— Immanuel Kant

If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute…

— Etienne Gilson

“You are metaphysicians. You can prove anything by metaphysics; and having done so, every metaphysician can prove every other metaphysician wrong—to his own satisfaction.…

— Jack London

“Seduced by the spectacular theoretical and practical successes of the objective sciences into thinking that the methods and criteria of those sciences were the…

— D. R. Khashaba

“There are systems upon systems that are incredible but possessed of a pleasing architecture or a certain agreeable sensationalism. The metaphysicians of Tlön seek…

— Jorge Luis Borges