Quotes About Reasoning

A basic difference in judgment arises from the existence of two distinct and sharply contrasting ways of coming to conclusions. One way is by the use of thinking, that is, by a logical process, aimed at an impersonal finding. The other is by feeling, that is, by appreciation—equally reasonable in its fashion—bestowing on things a personal, subjective value.

In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur, by which they may either be made more accurate, or liable to exceptions. This rule we must follow, that the argument of induction may not be evaded by hypotheses.

Kim ise ö?renci, en büyük arzusu nedenlerle sonuçlar? belli bir mant??a, kesinli?e oturtmak, ne var ki zihnine her an yan?tlanmam?? sorular ü?ü?üyor.

You reason too much. Why in the world should love be reasoned?" "To love you you more. Everything increases its power if you do it by reasoning." "You live in the trees and you have the mentality of a lawyer with gout." "The boldest enterprises should be experienced with the simplest heart.

"And he was as intelligent as other people, his soul was pure and clear as crystal; he was noble and affectionate—and yet he did nothing!""But why? What was the reason?""The reason… what reason was there? Oblomovism!"

deliberation cannot be merely an extension of sense, for we are capable of being attracted by non-sensible objects like knowledge and justice. Still

An unsound thinker goes where his motives and interests invite him; a sound thinker goes where the argument takes him.

What is of the utmost importance is exposing children to critical thinking as opposed to mindless indoctrination.

Where there is no critical thinking, there is no progress. If the children are our future, then critical thinking must be their guide.

I eventually learned to correct behaviors by having my children recognize and name the problem themselves. Replace "Don't pull the dog's ears" with "Why is pulling the dog's ears a bad idea?" Very young kids can grapple with that, and you've required them to reason, not just to obey. Good practice.

Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. It is intellectual bankruptcy.

For us to close our mind to scientific reasoning without using our best critical thinking is to refuse to use our God-given capacity for understanding.

The great advantage of the reductio method is that it allows us to tell if a statement is true, even if we do not know how to construct a proof for it. We can tell a statement is true by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction.

Twenty-two of those studies specifically found improvements in fluid intelligence or reasoning, while the remaining fifty-three found a variety of other significant benefits in abilities such as attention, executive function, working memory, and reading.

Now, remember what Bayes' Theorem does: it helps us update a hypothesis based on new evidence.

Bayes' Theorem does: it helps us update a hypothesis based on new evidence.

The other reason mathematicians were blind to chaos was that they had no computers, and were left with the kind of vague description that Poincaré gave, which other mathematicians failed to understand.

Research suggests that people are typically unaware of the reasons why they are doing what they are doing, but when asked for a reason, they readily supply one.

We make a number of reasoning errors due to cognitive biases.

seems that absolutely no amount of reasoning on your part will help. Based on our

The brain has one hundred billion neurons, each with an average of ten thousand connections to other neurons. The ways in which particular circuits in the brain are activated determines the nature of our mental activity, ranging from perceiving sights or sounds to more abstract thought and reasoning. When neurons fire together, they grow new connections between them. Over time, the connections that result from firing lead to "rewiring" in the brain.

To be useful, your beliefs should be constrained by the logic of probability.

The prominence of causal intuitions is a recurrent theme in this book because people are prone to apply causal thinking inappropriately, to situations that require statistical reasoning.

The only test of rationality is not whether a person's beliefs and preferences are reasonable, but whether they are internally consistent.