“Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and mathematical analysis gives men an opportunity to bring conflicts up from the level of fights, where the intellect is beclouded by passions, to the level of games, where the intellect has a chance to operate.” MenGivingDoeFightingPassionOpportunityGamesChanceLevelsClearCuttingOne ThingAchieveTheoryConflictSolutionsIntellectTechniqueMathematicalAnalysisLogicalVagueImpasseMathematical Analysis Author:Anatol Rapoport
“A new question for the psychotherapist to ask is whether a theory can go beyond mere effectiveness in achieving either a so-called cure or even personal growth into its implications for the nature of an evolving society.” AsksGrowthAchieveTheoryMerePersonal GrowthCuresEvolveEffectivenessImplicationsPsychotherapists Book:Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice Source: Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice
“Human life is a series of compromises, and it is not always easy to achieve in practice what one has found to be true in theory.” LifeHumansLife IsFoundEasyPracticeAchieveTheorySeriesBeing TrueCompromiseHuman Life Book:The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“President Obama is like a lost man who refuses to ask for directions. That's because he has never worked in the real world with people who create real jobs. He operates on theories and an ideology that is incapable of achieving his goals.” PeopleMenWorldRealJobsAsksLostGoalPresidentAchieveTheoryRefuseIdeologyReal WorldPresident ObamaIncapableReal Jobs Author:Cal Thomas
“The Western world, in spite of its advantages of mechanization and industrial efficiency is today in a worse mess than ever before in history. The adoption Western economic theory and practice will not help us in achieving our goal of creating a happy and contented people. We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social justice.” PeopleWorldWayHelpingTodaySocialGoalJusticePracticeDestinyEconomicAchieveTheoryCreatingConceptsAdvantageSocial JusticeWesternMessIslamicSpiteAdoptionEfficiencyManhoodOur DestinyEconomic SystemsWestern WorldEconomic TheoryTheory And PracticeMechanizationHappy And Contented Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“The indispensability argument seeks to assimilate the epistemology of metaphysical statements to the epistemology of statements that are obviously empirical. I think it fails to achieve this goal. The argument does not refute the Carnapian thesis that scientific theories and metaphysical claims differ epistemologically - observations can provide evidence for the former, but not for the latter.” ThinkingDoeGoalFailingAchieveTheoryEvidenceArgumentClaimsStatementsObservationFormerLatterMetaphysicalEpistemologyThesisScientific Theory Author:Elliott Sober