“The significant contribution of empiricism was not the eradication of certainty, but the eradication of infallibility as a criterion of certainty. And this shift from infallibilism to fallibilism has profound consequences not only for toleration, but also for the subordination of faith to reason and theology to philosophy.” ReasonPhilosophyAtheismConsequenceProfoundPositive AtheismSignificantTheologyCertaintyContributionCriteriaTolerationEmpiricismSubordinationInfallibility Book:Why Atheism? Source: Why Atheism?
“Believe it or not, philosophy has consequences.” BelievePhilosophyConsequence Author:Jonathan V. Last
“Fine art is in the last consequence, philosophy expressed visually.” ArtPhilosophyLastsFineArt IsConsequenceFine Arts Author:Max Bill
“I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.” PhilosophyFacesGrowsLossTreeSkyConsequenceErrorsErasPermanentAdoptionPenaltiesConservatismNew Era Author:Warren Buffett
“We fight wars not to have peace, but to have a peace worth having. Slavery is peace. Tyranny is peace. For that matter, genocide is peace when you get right down to it. The historical consequences of a philosophy predicated on the notion of no war at any cost are families flying to the Super Bowl accompanied by three or four trusted slaves and a Europe devoid of a single living Jew.” WarMatterPhilosophyFightingThreeFourCostConsequenceEuropeSlaveryHistoricalSlaveNotionJewFlyingTyrannyGenocideTrustedBowlsSuper BowlNo War Author:Bill Whittle