R. W. Apple Jr. Quotes

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action.

I don't see myself as a philosopher. That's awfully boring.

Philosophy is for the few.

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason.

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

By free-thinking I mean the use of the understanding in endeavoring to find out the meaning of any proposition whatsoever, in considering the nature of the evidence for or against it, and in judging of it according to the seeming force or weakness of the evidence.

[Logic and philosophy] were of no use, in the church or the state, in the cloister or the court, in peace or war, at home or abroad or anywhere but in the schools

Logic can become enormously difficult, and it would undoubtedly be well to produce more assurance in its use.

Every single university student should study philosophy. You need to lead the examined life and question your beliefs. If you don't learn critical thinking, then political debate degenerates into a contest of slogans.

I graduated with a B.A. in philosophy, and it was by far the best major I could have taken in college.

Philosophy teaches you to think big.

Logic is a wonderful thing but doesn't always beat actual thought.

Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises.

Logic is the art of making truth prevail.

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.

I live in Realville, and my problem is that I'm governed by logic. And some of the claims that are made by people on the left just don't hold up.

The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.