Susan Stebbing Quotes

1885–1943 England

L. (Lizzie) Susan Stebbing (December 2, 1885 – September 11, 1943) was an English philosopher. She belonged to the 1930s generation of analytic philosophy.

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A mind in blinkers is a mind that is unfree.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

There are many ways of being wrong, but only one way of being right.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

We must face the unfortunate fact that we are moved to the acceptance of beliefs by factors that are wholly irrelevant to their truth.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

A system is said to be coherent if every fact in the system is related every other fact in the system by relations that are not merely conjunctive. A deductive system affords a good example of a coherent system.

A Modern Introduction to Logic (1930)

We are content to accept without testing any belief that fits in with our prejudices and whose truth is necessary for the satisfaction of our desires.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

...potted thinking is easily accepted, is concentrated in form, and has lost the vitamins essential to mental nourishment.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

Perceiving involves more than being sensibly aware of something present to the senses; it involves the activity of perceiving. This is the activity of a person, and in perceiving, the whole person is involved, not merely one or other of his sense organs.

Thinking to Some Purpose (1939)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Susan Stebbing (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.