“If, on the other hand, you insist on your knowledge of the emperor's nakedness, you may not find the ready assent from others which could confidently be expected only if you assume their good faith toward their own experience; In fact, their strenuous denial that they share your experience may leave you in such isolation that ultimately not only they but you yourself begin to question your sanity.” RealityAnxietyIllusionExperienceConfusionUncertaintyPersonal Experience Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“Even for physical science, the ultimate test of whether or not something is true lies in the individual's experience, not in some objectified, dogmatic set of rules. The sensory experiences which are predictable from natural scientific 'laws' permit agreement between individuals because those individuals share very similar physical structures, are persuaded by the same kinds of logical reasoning, and operate with a similar set of values.” RealityScienceResearchDogmaObjectivityAcademia Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“Science is thus not the creation of some kind of mysterious contact with or insight into ultimate reality, but the upshot of our own very human, and even culturally local, interests, concerns, and values. I suspect, also, that we are ready to give particular weight and credence to the 'evidence of our senses' because it is not in our interests to deceive ourselves about its nature (although it is certainly possible to do so).” RealityScienceResearchEvidenceSensesObjectivitySubjectivity Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety