
Phil Hoyeck
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I teach philosophy. I'm interested in a lot of things but am constantly uncertain about everything.
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“When Newton published [his theory of gravitation], quite a lot of other scientists were disappointed. They wanted to know what gravity was, and Newton apparently didn't tell them what it was; he told them what it did. Then Hume came along and said that actually, the kind of thing Newton did was the only kind of thing the human mind could ever do.” —Simon Blackburn on the philosophy of science
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“[Philosophy’s] goal is not to discover new truths about the world on the model of physics, let alone about possible worlds—the glories of metaphysics. […] Philosophy aims to disentangle conceptual confusions, to destroy metaphysical illusions.” —Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein
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“This is one of the deep motives for literature, or for art of any sort: that one is defeating the formlessness of the world. One is cheering oneself up [and] instructing oneself by giving a form to something that is, perhaps, alarmingly formless.” —Iris Murdoch on literature
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“[Our public discourse] is very impoverished […]. We don’t expect [politicians] have contact with literature, with history, with the richness of descriptive language that the humanities have always stood for. I think that's a great loss.” —Martha Nussbaum on Political Discourse
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“I do think it would be healthier [...] to understand ourselves [...] as heirs to both religious and specifically Greek scientific traditions. What I mean is that there should be a shift in dialogical attitudes towards religious traditions, the semantical potential of which is not yet exhausted.” —Jürgen Habermas on religion and postmetaphysical thinking
Philippe-Antoine Hoyeck32,925 次观看 • 3 个月前
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