David Stove quotes

If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic. (David Stove)

A philosopher may try to prove the truth of something he believed before he was a philosopher, but even if he succeeds, his belief never regains the untroubled character, and the settled place in his mind, which it had at first.

David Stove

[Popper's skepticism about scientific truth in The Logic of Scientific Discovery is] that kind of reaction, of which the epitome is given in Aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes. The parallel would be complete if the fox, having become convinced that neither he nor anyone else could ever succeed in tasting grapes, should nevertheless write many long books on the progress of viticulture.

David Stove

David Stove

Occupation: Australian Philosopher
Born: September 15, 1927
Died: June 2, 1994
Quotes count: 3
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