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“Language is inherently not concerned with logic. As an expression of the psychological activities of humankind, it simply follows a linear process as it seeks actualisation. Moreover, it does not obey the objective concepts of time and space that belong to the physical world. When the discussion of time and space is imported into linguistic art from scientific aims and research methods, that linguistic art is entirely reduced to trifling pseudo-philosophical issues.”

“Scientists themselves are of surprisingly little help. They find it difficult to talk of what they do because they tend to assume detailed knowledge is required for generalities to be understood. They find it hard to grasp the concept of the meaning of their work, assuming this to be a debate that takes place at a lower level than the specialized discussions with their colleagues. When they do generalize, - or "popularize" as it is usually called with a noticeable degree of contempt - they tend to reveal a startling philosophical naiveté.”

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Book:Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science

Source: Understanding the Present: An Alternative History of Science

“I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.”

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Author:David Liss

“The strategy of semantic ascent is that it carries the discussion into a domain where both parties are better agreed on the objects (viz., words) and on the main terms connecting them. Words, or their inscriptions, unlike points, miles, classes and the rest, are tangible objects of the size so popular in the marketplace, where men of unlike conceptual schemes communicate at their best. The strategy is one of ascending to a common part of two fundamentally disparate conceptual schemes, the better to discuss the disparate foundations. No wonder it helps in philosophy.”

“Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.”

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Book:The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties : with

Source: The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties : with

“My ex-wife was a philosophy major at NYU. Yeah, she and I used to have deep philosophical discussions where she would prove that I didn't exist.”

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Author:Woody Allen

“I suggest in my own discussion of this episode, Mann invites us to set the attempt to philosophize about his predicament in the context of Aschenbach's life. The literary presentation thus adds to the naked philosophical skeleton.”

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Author:Philip Kitcher

“When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context.”

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Author:David O. Russell

“A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.”

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Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.”

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Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.”

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Author:David Gilmour

“Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.”

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Book:The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Source: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

“We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.”

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Book:All Men Are Brothers

Source: All Men Are Brothers