Quotes from Mario Bunge

Of course you cannot free yourself from the laws of nature; but the laws of nervous systems are not the same as the physical laws.

All genuine philosophy transcends national boundaries. Patriotic philosophies are just nationalist ideologies.

Original philosophy is always "deviant" or even subversive.

There is a continuum between science and philosophy. As Fichte said (but did not practice), philosophy should be the science of sciences.

From a historical viewpoint, religion is just a kind of superstition, and from a political viewpoint it is a tool of social control.

Science is morally neutral, but social science shows us that some moral codes are better than others.

The motto of science is not just Pauca but rather Plurima ex paucissimis - the most out of the least.

All the electronic devices are weakening the social bonds. Sociologists and psychologists should study this serious threat instead of repeating that communication is the cement of society.

It occurred to me that I had the duty to give society something in exchange for the free education I was getting.

In the scientific community you find competent teachers and original researchers, just as in the musical community you find many good performers but very few good composers.

Whereas science elicits changes in order to know, technology knows in order to elicit changes.

All philosophers can do is to abstain from helping the aggressors and to enjoin social scientists to tell the truth instead of joining the choir of liars and hypocrites.

In any event, I don't believe in instant philosophy, because interesting problems take a long time to understand and work out. Just think of the problems of truth and justice.

Only the stupid and the wicked can fear rational criticism.