Elliott Sober Quotes
The indispensability argument says (roughly) that if you have ample reason to accept an empirical scientific theory that makes indispensable use of mathematics, and that theory entails that numbers exist, then you have ample reason to accept that numbers exist. The argument affirms the antecedent of this conditional, and concludes that you have ample reason to believe that numbers exist. What is striking about this argument is that it seems to show that the empirical reasons that suffice for accepting a scientific theory also suffice for accepting a metaphysical claim.Elliott Sober
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
Adam Cohen
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When I do a workshop, there is always at least one author who comes up afterward and asks if I'll take a look at his or her book and consider blurbing it. For some reason, I can turn someone down in e-mail, but when he or she is looking me in the eye, I cave.
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Adam Driver -
Every single note on this album is there for a reason.
Vanessa Carlton -
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Iain McGilchrist -
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.
Katharine Hepburn
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I had this dream...that we had this new sixth member, for some reason, and he actually ended up being quite horrible! And he started a fight with me! And I wanted him to go away and none of the boys were helping me!
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Angelina Jolie -
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Louise Rennison -
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That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.
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A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.
Zeno of Citium
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Jens now has no reason anymore to be making any kind of comments.
Oliver Bierhoff -
It is the shortcomings of game theory (as originally formulated) which force the consideration of the role of ethics, of the dynamics of social structure, and of social structure and of individual psychology in situations of conflict.
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I was in elementary school in Mississippi, and when Katrina hit, my mom put me in home school. So ever since sixth grade, I've been home schooled, which was interesting.
Israel Broussard -
The indispensability argument says (roughly) that if you have ample reason to accept an empirical scientific theory that makes indispensable use of mathematics, and that theory entails that numbers exist, then you have ample reason to accept that numbers exist. The argument affirms the antecedent of this conditional, and concludes that you have ample reason to believe that numbers exist. What is striking about this argument is that it seems to show that the empirical reasons that suffice for accepting a scientific theory also suffice for accepting a metaphysical claim.
Elliott Sober