“As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.” PeopleMenWorldSpiritualBeliefInterestCommunityReligiousPerfectNumbersMeditationTheoryMen And WomenDiscoveryScientistHarmonyPhilosophicalAimSignificantContemporaryConsistentMysticismConceptionRelevantSuspicionMysticalEasternRidiculeReligious BeliefTokensScientific DiscoveryPerfect HarmonySignificant Numbers Author:Fritjof Capra
“One of the greatest sources of problems in our society arises from people having loads of wrong theories in their heads - often theories that are critical of others - that they won't test by speaking to the relevant people about them. Instead, they talk behind people's backs, which leads to pervasive misinformation.” PeopleLifeProblemGrowthBehindsTheorySourceTestsPersonal GrowthInvestingCriticalAriseOur SocietyRelevantLoadMisinformation Author:Ray Dalio
“There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.” BodyInformationPolicyTheoryCriticismSignificantRelevantComprehensionImmuneLayman Book:The Chomsky Reader Source: The Chomsky Reader
“We have to work sincerely and responsibly to thwart any attempt to divide the Arab nation into small groups, with which foreign countries would deal separately. This would eventually be in the interests of Zionism, which stands behind such policies, formulating the relevant theories and promoting distorted information to world politicians, especially in the West, in order to make them adopt an approach which is harmful to the Arab nation and is even against the legitimate interests of their own countries.” WorldCountryOrderNationsInterestDealsBehindsGroupsInformationPolicyTheoryPoliticianApproachWestDividesRelevantPromotingSincerelySmall GroupsZionismForeign Countries Author:Saddam Hussein
“In arriving at the relevant theory about the specifics of our faculty of vision we will presumably use our eyes to gather relevant data. Based on such data we come to know about the optic nerve, the structure of our eyes, the rods and cones, etc., so as to explain how it is that vision gives us reliable access to the shapes and colors of objects around us. In reliably arriving at that theory we thus exercise the very faculty whose reliability is explained by the theory. There is no vice in this sort of circularity.” KnowsGivingUseEyeVisionObjectsColorTheoryExerciseShapesStructureVicesAccessDataEtcFacultyNervesRelevantArrivingReliabilityConesSpecificsCircularity Author:Ernest Sosa
“Epistemology now flourishes with various complementary approaches. This includes formal epistemology, experimental philosophy, cognitive science and psychology, including relevant brain science, and other philosophical subfields, such as metaphysics, action theory, language, and mind. It is not as though all questions of armchair, traditional epistemology are already settled conclusively, with unanimity or even consensus. We still need to reason our way together to a better view of those issues.” WayNeedsMindStillsReasonPhilosophyActionTogetherLanguageViewsBrainIssuesPsychologyTheoryApproachPhilosophicalIncludingVariousTraditionalRelevantFormalMetaphysicsConsensusCognitiveEpistemologyCognitive ScienceComplementaryArmchairsUnanimityBrain Science Author:Ernest Sosa
“When one theory is simpler than its competitor, this fact is relevant to saying what the world is like.” WorldFactsTheoryRelevantCompetitors Author:Elliott Sober
“When you ask why did some particular question occur to a scientist or philosopher for the first time, or why did this particular approach seem natural, then your questions concern the context of discovery. When you ask whether the argument the philosopher puts forth to answer that question is sound, or whether the evidence justifies the scientific theory proposed, then you've entered the context of justification. Considerations of history, sociology, anthropology, and psychology are relevant to the context of discovery, but not to justification.” FirstsSeemsAsksSoundNaturalAnswersPsychologyParticularTheoryApproachEvidenceDiscoveryFirst TimeConcernArgumentScientistPhilosopherConsiderationJustifyRelevantJustificationSociologyAnthropologyScientific Theory Book:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away Source: Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away