“We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first century. The reluctance of liberal professors to speak out against rampant abuses committed on their side (e.g., suppression of free speech, the excesses of women's studies and French theory) has simply increased the power of the right.” FirstsLeftSpeakSidesStudyCenturyTheorySpeechAbuseTwentiesStrategyCommittedProfessorsExcessFree SpeechSpeaks OutSuppressionReluctance Book:Vamps & Tramps: New Essays Source: Vamps & Tramps: New Essays
“In theory, if a gun is left at the scene of a crime, licensing and registration will allow a gun to be traced back to its owner. But, amazingly, despite police spending tens of thousands of man-hours administering these laws ... there is not even a single case where the laws have been instrumental in identifying someone who has committed a crime.” IfsMenHas BeensLawLeftHoursCasesCrimeTheorySceneGunPoliceCommittedSpendingDespiteOwnersIdentifyingRegistrationLicensing Author:John R. Lott Jr.
“I think one has to understand, not as a theory, not as a speculative, entertaining concept, but rather as an actual fact - that we are the world and the world is us. The world is each one of us; to feel that, to be really committed to it and to nothing else, brings about a feeling of great responsibility and an action that must not be fragmentary, but whole.” ThinkingWorldFeelsWholeFactsFeelingsActionResponsibilityTheoryConceptsCommittedEntertainingGreat Responsibility Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“By arguing that the bundle theory does not entail and is not committed in any way to the principle of identity of indiscernibles, I have thereby defended the bundle theory from a traditional objection to it.” WayDoePrinciplesIdentityTheoryCommittedArguingTraditionalObjectionsBundles Author:Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
“I had made considerable advance ... in calculations on my favourite numerical lunar theory, when I discovered that, under the heavy pressure of unusual matters (two transits of Venus and some eclipses) I had committed a grievous error in the first stage of giving numerical value to my theory. My spirit in the work was broken, and I have never heartily proceeded with it since.” GivingFirstsMadeTwoMatterScienceSpiritValuesStageTheoryBrokenMoonPressureErrorsCommittedHeavyUnusualFavouriteCalculationsEclipseVenus Author:George Biddell Airy
“I don't think Kant's theory looks bad to people except insofar as they have misunderstood it (for instance, as heartless and ironheaded, or as committed to an absurd metaphysical conception of freedom that violates Kant's own philosophy).” PeopleThinkingLooksPhilosophyTheoryCommittedAbsurdInstanceConceptionMetaphysicalMisunderstoodHeartless Author:Allen W. Wood