Quotes About Cognition

Philosophy begins with the understanding that you cannot just observe or experience and then report what you see, because how you conceptualize and symbolize alters experience.

All knowledge is worth having

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us. It is something we do.

We categorize as we do because we have the brains and bodies we have and because we interact in the world as we do.

I think, therefore I'll think.

The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone

Most mistakes in philosophy and logic occur because the human mind is apt to take the symbol for the reality.

There's more to logic than identifying logical fallacies.

The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows that he knows.

Philosophizing is a process of making sense out of experience.

An educated memory depends on an organized system of associations; and its goodness depends on two of their peculiarities: first, on the persistency of the associations; and, second, on their number.

Qualia is an experiential state of the conscious mind.

It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Your brain is an accelerating gravity free zone. While Intelligence leverages it, Intellectuality erodes it!

Philosophy is the reflection of reflective mind.

Nothing but your choices define your true intelligence.

You are always free when you have the ability to think.

To enhance your experience and consciousness, your mind is always trying to understand everything that is going on around you.

The level of consciousness defines the level of understanding and awareness.

Consciousness is a magic of our brain and an illusion of our mind.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.

The mind is an invisible net that can catch any event with its power of perception.

Reality is different with different states of mind.