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Since there is no telling in advance where it may lead, reflection can be seen as dangerous.
Think (1999)
An ethic gone wrong is an essential preliminary to the sweat shop or the concentration camp and the death march.
Being Good (2001)
But it is logically impossible that there could exist an 'unowned' dent, a dent without a surface that is dented.
Think (1999)
But if nothing does as well as something about which nothing can be said, it vanishes.
Think (1999)
A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of worship, nor a source of moral authority.
Think (1999)
Perhaps to restore human freedom we should deny determinism?
Think (1999)
It can seem an amazing fact that laws of nature keep on holding, that the frame of nature does not fall apart.
Think (1999)
We can grieve over lost powers and memories, or rejoice over gained knowledge and maturity, according to taste.
Think (1999)
What underlies our assignment of probabilities in the real world?
Think (1999)
Why should thinkers mock the simple pieties of the people?
Think (1999)
In the end, it is ideas for which people kill each other.
Think (1999)
Contemporary culture is not very good on responsibility.
Think (1999)
The word "philosophy" carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird.
Think (1999)
Paradigms can be asked to show their worth, an some of them do not stand up.
Think (1999)
Finding a mechanism does not bypass the problem of induction.
Think (1999)
Motion however will not help unless we have things moving.
Think (1999)
If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma, are sometimes consoling.
Think (1999)
The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to be made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge.
Think (1999)
Myself, I have never seen a bumper sticker saying "Hate if you Love Jesus", but I sometimes wonder why not. It would be a good slogan for the religious Right.
Think (1999)
In Michigan recently a man won a lawsuit for substantial damages because, he claimed, a rear-end collision in his car had made him a homosexual.
Think (1999)