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“The chief danger to philosophy is narrowness in the selection of evidence.”

Philosophy Danger Evidence Chiefs Selection

Book:Process and Reality

Source: Process and Reality

“The philosophy of science is inherent in the process. This is to say, you think critically, you draw a conclusion based on evidence, but we all pursue discovery based on our observations. That's where science starts.”

Thinking Philosophy Process Draws Evidence Discovery Pursue Conclusion Observation Inherent Philosophy Of Science

Author:Bill Nye

“He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.”

Philosophy Fool Evidence Bases Claims Imposter

Author:Han Fei

“There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that belief regardless of any evidence that might, for anyone else, bring it into doubt. They are the ones who encourage and support the fanatics and the frauds of any given age. No amount of evidence, no matter how strong, will bring them any enlightenment. They are the sheep who beg to be fleeced and butchered, and who will battle fiercely to preserve their right to be victimized.”

Source: The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer

“It was while I was studying philosophy that I came to understand. . . that it is no sign of moral or spiritual strength to believe that for which one has no evidence, neither a priori evidence as in math, nor a posteriori evidence as in science. . . . It's a violation almost immoral in its transgressiveness to shirk the responsibilities of rationality.”

Believe Philosophy Spiritual Responsibility Moral Study Evidence Math Rationality Immoral Violation Shirk Spiritual Strength Studying Philosophy

Author:Rebecca Goldstein

“[The monks'] credulity debased and vitiated the faculties of the mind: they corrupted the evidence of history; and superstition gradually extinguished the hostile light of philosophy and science.”

Mind Philosophy Light Evidence Faculty Superstitions Hostile Monk Credulity

Book:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II: A.D. 395 to A.D. 1185 (A Modern Library E-Book)

Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II: A.D. 395 to A.D. 1185 (A Modern Library E-Book)

“There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as 'schizophrenia' and 'bipolar disorder' correspond to discrete entities ('natural kinds' in the language of philosophy).”

Kind Philosophy Language Natural Evidence Disorder Entity Diagnosis Bipolar Schizophrenia Bipolar Disorder Discrete

Author:Richard Bentall