Certain Quote by William James Download Open image “Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences” — William James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain New experiences Theory Truth
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Theory is continually the precursor of truth; we must pass through the twilight and its shade, to arrive at the full and perfect day. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thus sees that a new kind of theory is needed which drops these basic commitments and at most recovers some essential features of… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular… — Abdolkarim Soroush Copy Share Image
I have come face to face with many truths from the past that had to be revised with present knowledge. — Jeffrey Fry Copy Share Image
Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world. — William James Copy Share Image
We are all potentially such sick men. The sanest and best of us are of one clay with lunatics and prison-inmates. And whenever we… — William James Copy Share Image
In the dim background of our mind we know meanwhile what we ought to be doing: getting up, dressing ourselves, answering the person who… — William James Copy Share Image
“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered… — William James Copy Share Image
Woe to him whose beliefs play fast and loose with the order which realities follow in his experience; they will lead him nowhere or… — William James Copy Share Image
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be. — William James Copy Share Image
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. — William James Copy Share Image
Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them,… — William James Copy Share Image
“How soon, indeed, are human things forgotten! As we meet here this morning, the Southern sun is shining on their place of burial, and… — William James Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right. — Frank Iero Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
Why do we love certain homes, and why do they seem to love us? It is the warmth of our individual hearts reflected in… — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Copy Share Image
Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We've all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a point where that talent will only take you… — Warren Gatland Copy Share Image
