Philosopher Quote by Karen Armstrong

“the philosopher Karl Popper and his ally Ernst Gombrich, wrote many critiques of the zeitgeist and argued that although there is no such thing…

— Charles Jencks

Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's…

— Peter Adamson

“If Life's a stage (which is true and truly a deep philosophical truth), then may I have it as I like it to be?”

— Anandaputra Ananta

“You might discuss important philosophical topics, such as the nature of existence- or what a bunch of lying toe rags politicians are.”

— Nick Spalding

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.

— William Shatner

“Societies progress by the free assertion of differing proposals, followed by criticism, followed by the genuine possibility of change in the light of criticism…The…

— Robert Carroll

“The philosopher Karl Popper believed [POP] that nothing can ever be known with absolute certainty. He instead had a concept of “truth up to…

— Anonymous

Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky…

— Liz Williams

“There is no such thing as a logical method of having new ideas. Discovery contains an irrational element or a creative intuition. Karl Popper1”

— Frans P.B. Osinga

When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Popper’s falsificationism is intimately connected to the notion of an open society. An open society is one in which no permanent truth is held…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Are [the arts and the sciences] really as distinct as we seem to assume? [...] Most universities will have distinct faculties of arts and…

— Stephen Mumford