Hans Eysenck quotes

Hans Eysenck was a German-born psychologist, renowned for his work on intelligence and personality. His research played a pivotal role in the development of modern personality theory and psychometrics. He remains a highly influential and sometimes controversial figure in the field of psychology. Here are 12 of his quotes:

I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. (Hans Eysenck)
There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate. View quote
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If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. View quote
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If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force. View quote
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I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. View quote
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not. View quote
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In our tabulation of psychoanalytic results, we have classed those who stopped treatment together with those not improved. This appears to be reasonable; a patient who fails to finish his treatment, and is not improved, is surely a therapeutic failure. View quote
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In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients. View quote
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Psychotherapy is the prostitution of friendship. View quote
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Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous. View quote
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It is generally agreed by philosophers of science that important contributions which have a revolutionary impact on science are often methodologically inadequate, reveal many anomalies, and may indeed be factually erroneous. (Hans Eysenck)
Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. View quote
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Hans Eysenck

Hans Eysenck - Image
Photo: Sirswindon at English Wikipedia, GFDL
Occupation: German Psychologist
Born: March 4, 1916
Died: September 4, 1997
Quotes count: 12

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