Philosophy ought to question the basic assumptions of the age. Thinking through, critically and carefully, what most of us take for granted is, I believe, the chief task of philosophy, and the task that makes philosophy a worthwhile activity.
Peter SingerStichwörter: philosophy critical-thinking
For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works.
Jim Al-KhaliliStichwörter: science critical-thinking
If you don't understand how the world works, then everything is a mystery to you. If everything is magical and mysterious, then you really don't work on logic anymore. Then, everything is all about belief.
Joy ReidenbergStichwörter: science critical-thinking
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.
Frank HerbertStichwörter: despair strategy leadership depression critical-thinking
Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking while you're thinking in order to make your thinking better.
Richard PaulStichwörter: critical-thinking
I am heartened to find so much wit in you, that you'd give thought to consequences and choose your way with reason, not passion only.
Deborah J. LightfootStichwörter: anger-management rational-thought decision-making critical-thinking
If we are not prepared to think for ourselves, and to make the effort to learn how to do this well, we will always be in danger of becoming slaves to the ideas and values of others due to our own ignorance.
William HughesStichwörter: critical-thinking
History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But knowing a bit of history--while it would not absolutely prove the government was lying in a given instance--might make you skeptical, lead you to ask questions, make it more likely that you would find out the truth.
Howard ZinnStichwörter: questions history government proof critical-thinking knoweldge
A poet is not an apostle; he drives out devils only by the power of the devil.
Søren KierkegaardStichwörter: philosophy poets theology critical-thinking
Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
Richard DawkinsStichwörter: children indoctrination critical-thinking
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