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“Plutonium has a quite extraordinary relationship with people. They made it, and it kills them.”

Quote by Ian Hacking

Book:The Social Construction of What?

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The Social Construction of What?

This book delves into the theoretical framework and practical implications of social construction, examining how societal beliefs and practices shape our understanding of reality. more

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Ian Hacking, born on February 18, 1936, is a renowned philosopher known for his work in the fields of philosophy of science, epistemology, and philosophy of mind. His research delves into the nature of scientific knowledge, the history of scientific revolutions, and the limitations of human cognition. more

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“Scientific work will never stop, and it would be terrible if it did. If there were no more problems, you would put your hands in your pockets and your head on a pillow and would work no more. In science rest is stagnation, rest is death.”

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Author:Max Planck

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Author:Ludwik Fleck

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Book:The Cream of the Jest

Source: The Cream of the Jest

“Now it is usual-but not to say normal-for people to interest themselves primarily in means, without noticing that means exist only in relation to ends and that, in accepting certain means, they unconsciously accept the ends that make them so. In other words, they accept whatever philosophy happens to be embodied in the values and institutions of a particular civilation.”

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Author:Georges Canguilhem

“Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.”

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Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.”

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Author:Galileo Galilei

“You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a single concept of which I am convinced that it will stand firm, and I feel uncertain whether I am in general on the right track.”

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Author:Albert Einstein

“It is sometimes necessary to repeat what all know. All mapmakers should place the Mississippi in the same location and avoid originality.”

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Book:Mr. Sammler's Planet

Source: Mr. Sammler's Planet

“Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.”

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Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the UK has been borrowing like crazy since 1694, when the Bank of England was invented. This means that we are locked into high taxation to pay for 300 years of wars and other costly and generally disastrous state enterprises.”

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Author:Tom Hodgkinson