“[Kepler] had to realize clearly that logical-mathematical theoretizing, no matter how lucid, could not guarantee truth by itself; that the most beautiful logical theory means nothing in natural science without comparison with the exactest experience. Without this philosophic attitude, his work would not have been possible.” MeanHas BeensMatterPhilosophyBeautifulScienceRealizingNaturalAttitudeTheoryPhilosophicalMathematicalGuaranteesComparisonLogicalNatural SciencePhilosophicKepler Author:Albert Einstein
“Following Korzybski, I put things in probabilities, not absolutes... My only originality lies in applying this zetetic attitude outside the hardest of the hard sciences, physics, to softer sciences and then to non-sciences like politics, ideology, jury verdicts and, of course, conspiracy theory.” HardLyingCoursesAttitudeTheoryAbsolutesFollowingPhysicsHardestIdeologyConspiracyOriginalityProbabilityJuryConspiracy TheoryVerdictScience Physics Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“It must be a very dour and pessimistic astronomer indeed who seriously doubts that there must be countless numbers of intelligent civilizations scattered throughout the universe on other planets which are orbiting around other stars. An attitude which asserts that man is the only intelligent life form in the universe is intolerably arrogant today ... anyone who holds such an opinion today is, fortunately for those who like to see some progress in human conceptions, something of an intellectual freak equivalent to a believer in the Flat Earth Theory.” MenHumansTodayEarthFormUniverseStarsNumbersAttitudeOpinionDoubtProgressPlanetsTheoryCivilizationIntellectualIntelligentBelieverFlatsConceptionFreakArrogantPessimisticAstronomersIntelligent Life Author:Robert K. G. Temple
“The material which a scientist actually has at his disposal, his laws, his experimental results, his mathematical techniques, his epistemological prejudices, his attitude towards the absurd consequences of the theories which he accepts, is indeterminate in many ways, ambiguous, and never fully separated from the historical background . This material is always contaminated by principles which he does not know and which, if known, would be extremely hard to test.” IfsKnowsWayDoeHardWould BeLawResultsAttitudeKnownAcceptingPrinciplesMaterialsTheoryConsequenceTestsScientistPrejudiceHistoricalTechniqueBackgroundsAbsurdMathematicalAmbiguous Book:Against Method Source: Against Method
“Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in a nominee to replace Justice David Souter. He wants 'someone who understands justice is not just about some abstract legal theory,' he said, but someone who has 'empathy.' In other words, judges should decide cases so that the right people win, not according to the rule of law.” PeopleWantShouldSaidLawUsedWinningJusticeAttitudeCasesJudgingTheoryEmpathyAbstractRule Of Law Author:Michael Barone
“I have a theory that there is something abnormal about children who like to practice instruments They are either geniuses or, more often, completely untalented. I certainly did not like to practice, and the teacher who hit me, and the view of the park, did not help to improve my attitude.” ChildrenHelpingViewsAttitudePracticeTeacherTheoryGeniusInstrumentsParksMy AttitudeAbnormalUntalented Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs
“Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.” MindHumanityAttitudeStudyImpossibleSubjectsTheoryOverwhelmedChipsArchaeology Author:Margaret Murray
“There is a theory, that I rather subscribe to. The frame story implies that if he doesn't change, she will kill him. It's all very complex and subtle. The story is about a woman who persuades a man in power to a different temper and attitude, and so it is about women's wiles, what women will get up to. She has a plan, she has a scheme.” IfsMenDifferentStoriesAttitudePlansTheoryComplexesGet UpSubtleTemperSchemes Author:Marina Warner
“What I argue is that talk of knowledge plays an important role in theories within cognitive ethology. The idea is this. First, one sees cognitive ethologists arguing that we need to attribute propositional attitudes to some animals in order to explain the sophistication of their cognitive achievements.” NeedsFirstsImportantIdeasPlayOrderAnimalAttitudeRolesTheoryAchievementArguingAttributesCognitiveSophistication Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Our decisions need not be seen as resting on procedures that are merely instrumental in making judgments that are reliably truth-tracking. The procedures might be more directly related than that to truths about what is right or good, or about what we ought to do, or to principles that tell us what is true about these matters. And I have no metaphysical theory about the truth-conditions of such truths, except to say that as objective truths, they must be independent of the attitudes, decisions or actions that they are supposed to justify or for which they are to offer reasons.” NeedsMatterReasonMightActionDecisionAttitudePrinciplesConditionsTheoryOughtOffersJudgmentIndependentObjectivesRelatedJustifyMetaphysicalProceduresTrackingObjective Truth Author:Allen W. Wood
“I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.” PeopleEndsSeemsAttitudeTheoryRidiculousPositive AttitudeCharades Author:Christian Bale