Epistemology Quote by Patti Lather

“I submit a body of facts which cannot be invalidated. My opinions may be doubted, denied, or approved, according as they conflict or agree…

— William Beaumont

“Once a structurally complete and closed system of opinions consisting of many details and relations has been formed, it offers enduring resistance to anything…

— Ludwik Fleck

The error in positivism is that it takes as its standard of truth the contingently given division of labor, that between the science and…

— Theodor Adorno

POSITIVISM- A philosophy that denies our knowledge of the Real and affirms our ignorance of the Apparent. Its longest exponent is Comte, its broadest…

— Ambrose Bierce

“In postmodern discourse, truth is rejected explicitly and consistency can be a rare phenomenon. Consider the following pairs of claims. On the one hand,…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

“Events and circumstances sometimes conspire against us; if we insist on inflexibility for the purpose of maintaining our beliefs, we end up compromising ourselves…

— Terry Brooks

“Progression halts and learning retrogrades once a haphazard ideology transpires. A nexus of theories can’t disprove one single fact, and a farraginous of opinions…

— Calvin W. Allison

“And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“Pragmatism and subjectivism obscure the reality of the truth. They engage the mind, but they make it the servant of our desires and our…

— John Piper

“Sincerity is often mistaken for a truth, when it fact it may have no resemblance to truth whatsoever. Sometimes we do make the mistake,…

— Patrick Davis

Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.

— Marcel Proust