We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right no... by Karl Popper

We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.

Karl Popper

Image Embed Code

Categorized in : Names Claims Tolerance

Appealing to his [Einstein's] way of expressing himself in theological terms, I said: If God had wanted to put everything into the universe from the beginning, He would have created a universe without change, without organisms and evolution, and without man and man's experience of change. But he seems to have thought that a live universe with events unexpected even by Himself would be more interesting than a dead one.

events men interesting

A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observation... by Karl Popper

A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations.

atheism theory religion

There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our own opinions. It obviously endangers the freedom and the objectivity of our discussion if we attack a person instead of attacking an opinion or, more precisely, a theory.

objectivity society men

The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.

atheism use should-have

Science is perhaps the only human activity in which errors are systematically criticized and, in time, corrected.

errors humans science

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

democracy freedom government

Simple statements are to be prized more highly than less simple ones because they tell us more; because their empirical content is greater; and because they are better testable.

statements greater simple

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths. by Karl Popper

Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

The fundamental thing about human languages is that they can and should be used to describe something; and this something is, somehow, the world. To be constantly and almost exclusively interested in the medium - in spectacle-cleaning - is a result of a philosophical mistake.

philosophical fundamentals mistake

The conspiracy theory of society... comes from abandoning god and... by Karl Popper

The conspiracy theory of society... comes from abandoning god and then asking: "Who is in his place"

conspiracy theory asking

It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from one's partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the discussion wrighteous stupidityill be the more fruitful the more the partner's backgrounds differ.

learning mistake knowledge

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme.

metaphysical evolution research

Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking; others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus there is no reason why I should not admit that some may get their ideas by observing, or by repeating observations.

coffee drinking science

The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural selection of hypotheses: our knowledge consists, at every moment, of those hypotheses which have shown their (comparative) fitness by surviving so far in their struggle for existence, a competitive struggle which eliminates those hypotheses which are unfit.

struggle science knowledge

All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theor... by Karl Popper

All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory.

falsity theory science

Understanding a theory has, indeed, much in common with understanding a human personality. We may know or understand a man's system of dispositions pretty well; that is to say, we may be able to predict how he would act in a number of different situations. But since there are infinitely many possible situations, of infinite variety, a full understanding of a man's dispositions does not seem to be possible.

numbers men science

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.

political kind world

Every discovery contains an irrational element or a creative intu... by Karl Popper

Every discovery contains an irrational element or a creative intuition.

intuition creative discovery

My thesis is that what we call 'science' is differentiated from the older myths not by being something distinct from a myth, but by being accompanied by a second-order tradition-that of critically discussing the myth. ... In a certain sense, science is myth-making just as religion is.

tradition criticism order

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again. by Karl Popper

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

technology alive science