“I'm just really interested in the interface of the individual with the collective. I think that's where the arts live.” Quote by Alison Hawthorne Deming
“All philosophers can do is to abstain from helping the aggressors and to enjoin social scientists to tell the truth instead of joining the choir of liars and hypocrites.” HelpingSocialCan DoScientistPhilosopherTelling The TruthLiarsHypocriteJoiningChoirAggressors Author:Mario Bunge
“Sometimes it gets talked about as if life is all about the individual, and I don't think it is. I'm really interested in what writing can contribute to a kind of cultural intelligence.” IfsThinkingWritingKindSometimesLife IsIndividual Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Few if any political philosophers have had the courage of tackling the Cold War. Even the best of them have kept silent or have stated some bromides glossing over the serious shortcomings of "our" side, such as racism, social injustice, extreme income disparities, the exploitation of the Third World, and environmental degradation.” IfsWorldWarPoliticalSocialSidesSeriousColdRacismThirdsSilentEnvironmentalInjusticePhilosopherExtremesIncomeExploitationCold WarShortcomingsDegradationThird WorldDisparityTacklingEnvironmental DegradationSocial Injustice Author:Mario Bunge
“I'm extremely interested in science as the mythos within which I live. Science tells me what kind of animal I am, what kind of a universe I live in. It's always deepening my understanding of the natural world.” WorldKindUniverseUnderstandingNaturalAnimalNatural World Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of the French Enlightenment and Mill, have sided with the powers that be.” ImportantFactsPoliticalEnlightenmentScientistPhilosopherExceptionMills Author:Mario Bunge
“I pity the babies whose mothers are busy texting trivialities instead of playing with their children; I pity the children who are tethered to their cell phones instead of playing ball; I pity the adolescents who are wasting their best years holding one of those artefacts instead of the hand of another young person.” YearsChildrenPersonsHandsYoungMotherBabyBallsBusyPhonesPityCellsHolding OnCell PhoneTextingBest YearTrivialityArtefacts Author:Mario Bunge
“Bringing science into poetry is one way of acknowledging some of the richest stuff that is in my cultural moment.” WayMomentsStuffOne WayPoetry Is Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“All the electronic devices are weakening the social bonds. Sociologists and psychologists should study this serious threat instead of repeating that communication is the cement of society.” ShouldSocialStudySeriousCommunicationThreatDevicesPsychologistCementWeakeningSociologistsElectronic DevicesSocial Bonds Author:Mario Bunge
“All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.” FeelsWritingNakedBland Author:Jimi Hendrix
“Communication accompanies social transactions and can instruct or stultify, mobilize or intimidate, but it is no substitute for production, collaboration and fight.” FightingSocialCommunicationProductionsSubstitutesCollaborationIntimidatingAccompanyTransactions Author:Mario Bunge