Discourse Quote by Jean-Francois Lyotard Download Open image “Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse.” — Jean-Francois Lyotard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discourse Kind Knowledge Science Scientific knowledge
Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty -- some most unsure, some nearly sure, none absolutely certain. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Scientific knowledge is, by its nature, provisional. This is due to the fact that as time goes on, with the invention of better instruments,… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
Science [is] knowledge of the truth of Propositions and how things are called. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking: a way of skeptically interrogating the universe. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“For us, scientific literacy constitutes the knowledge you need to understand public issues. It is a mix of facts, vocabulary, concepts, history, and philosophy.… — Robert M. Hazen Copy Share Image
Scientific knowledge is an enabling power to do either good or bad — but it does not carry instructions on how to use it. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Rhetoric is useful because the true and the just are naturally superior to their opposites, so that, if decisions are improperly made, they must… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. The knowledge of such sciences,… — Baha'u'llah Copy Share Image
Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
“Saddam Hussein is a product of Western departments of state and big companies, just as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco were born of the 'peace'… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
What guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
One knows that frontal and/or profile photography is torn to pieces... Inversely, what remains of the photograph must be seen as a fragment coming… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives. — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siècle, he was affirmation. Right through to… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
Even now it is no longer composed of the traditional political class, but of a composite layer of corporate leaders, high-level administrators, and the… — Jean-Francois Lyotard Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There is no question but that nominally religious scientists like Francis Collins and Kenneth R. Miller are doing lasting harm to our discourse by… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am interested in levels of brain discourse. How articulate are the voices in your head? You know, there's a different voice for the… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
What makes power hold good, what makes it accepted, is simply the fact that it doesn't only weigh on us as a force that… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
I've watched politics for years. Republicans rarely get credit for the good things that happen in the economy during their watch. Democrats always get… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become… — Jim James Copy Share Image
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