“When speaking of a "body of knowledge" or of "the results of research," e.g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to independently acquired knowledge. To counteract this tendency a special effort is required to transform inherited knowledge into genuine knowledge by revitalizing its original discovery, and to discriminate between the genuine and the spurious elements of what claims to be inherited knowledge.” BodyResultsEffortSpecialElementsResearchDiscoveryClaimsOriginalsGenuineTendenciesCognitive Book:What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
“..the real world's all we've got. Believers in the supernatural claim to have special wisdom about the world. But real wisdom means knowing truth from falsehood, knowing the difference between evidence and wishful thinking. Yes, the real world is mysterious and sometimes frightening. But would the supernatural make it better? The real world has beauty, poetry, love and the joy of honest discovery. Isn't that enough?” ThinkingWorldMeanRealSometimesEnoughJoyDifferencesKnowingSpecialHonestEvidenceDiscoveryClaimsBelieverMysteriousReal WorldFrighteningFalsehoodLove PoetryWishful ThinkingReal WisdomBeauty Poetry Author:John Stossel
“Truth is never our enemy, ever. So we should never freak out about people who claim to have discovered truth. If it's true truth, God owns it and has already accounted for it, and while nothing that is true ever contradicts God's revealed word in the Bible, discovered truth sometimes contradicts the words of Christians. We shouldn't be afraid of this, because God knew it before anybody else and its discovery is dependent on his sovereignty anyway. The truth is that the truth is ours - all truth is our truth because we are of Christ and Christ is of the sovereign God.” PeopleIfsShouldSometimesChristianChristEnemyTruth IsDiscoveryClaimsDependentFreakSovereignSovereignty Author:Matt Chandler
“It is often asserted that woman owes all the advantages of the position she occupies to-day to Christianity, but the facts of history show that the Christian Church has done nothing specifically for woman's elevation. In the general march of civilization, she has necessarily reaped the advantage of man's higher development, but we must not claim for Christianity all that has been achieved by science, discovery and invention.” MenHas BeensDoneFactsShowsChristianChurchChristianityAtheismPositionDevelopmentHigherCivilizationDiscoveryAdvantageClaimsPositive AtheismInventionMarchElevationChristian ChurchDiscovery And Invention Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“The discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race.” RaceModernDiscoveryTraditionClaimsIncrediblesDisagreeAntiquityModern Science Book:Isis Unveiled: (Two Volumes in a Slipcase) Source: Isis Unveiled: (Two Volumes in a Slipcase)
“We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.” WorldWellsDiscoveryClaimsPhysicsAweLiberatingGeneticsAwe Inspiring Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.” NationsDiscoveryEuropeClaimsOilBillionsProducersCoastBarrelsCementDepositsNorwayNew Discoveries Author:Bob Beauprez
“I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in excavation is to uncover the mysteries of the past and add to the store of human knowledge. They lie. What they really want is a spectacular discovery, so they can get their names in the newspapers and inspire envy and hatred in the hearts of their rivals.” WantHumansHeartLittlesPastLyingNamesSecretMysteryInspireReaderDiscoveryHatredClaimsAimAddDearEnvyStoresNewspapersSoleRivalsSpectacularHuman KnowledgeArchaeologists Author:Barbara Mertz
“First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it.” FirstsImportantScienceTheoryDiscoveryClaimsObviousAbsurdBeing TrueInsignificantAdversaries Author:William James