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Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma
Richard van de Lagemaat
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The problem of knowledge
‘It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.’
T. H. Huxley, 1825–95
‘The greatest obstacle to progress is not the absence of knowledge but the illusion of knowledge.’
Daniel Boorstin, 1914–2004
‘The familiar is not understood simply because it is familiar.’
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770–1831
‘There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.’
Alfred Korzybski, 1879–1950
‘By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.’
Peter Abélard, 1079–1142
‘We know too much to be sceptics and too little to be dogmatists.’
Blaise Pascal, 1623–62
‘All men have opinions, but few think.’
George Berkeley, 1685–1753
‘What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.’
Bertrand Russell, 1872–1970
‘Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.’
Bhagavad Gita, 500 BCE
‘A very popular error – having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one’s convictions.’
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844–1900
‘To know one’s ignorance is the best part of knowledge.’
Lao Tzu, c. 600 BCE
‘Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.’
Albert Einstein, 1879–1955
‘To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can still do for those who study it.’
Bertrand Russell, 1872–1970
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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66996-3 - Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma Richard van de Lagemaat
Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma
Richard van de Lagemaat
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66996-3 - Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma Richard van de Lagemaat Excerpt More information
1
The problem of knowledge
‘It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.’
T. H. Huxley, 1825–95
‘The greatest obstacle to progress is not the absence of knowledge but the illusion of knowledge.’
Daniel Boorstin, 1914–2004
‘The familiar is not understood simply because it is familiar.’
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770–1831
‘There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.’
Alfred Korzybski, 1879–1950
‘By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.’
Peter Abélard, 1079–1142
‘We know too much to be sceptics and too little to be dogmatists.’
Blaise Pascal, 1623–62
‘All men have opinions, but few think.’
George Berkeley, 1685–1753
‘What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.’
Bertrand Russell, 1872–1970
‘Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.’
Bhagavad Gita, 500 BCE
‘A very popular error – having the courage of one’s convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack upon one’s convictions.’
Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844–1900
‘To know one’s ignorance is the best part of knowledge.’
Lao Tzu, c. 600 BCE
‘Common sense consists of those layers of prejudice laid down before the age of 18.’
Albert Einstein, 1879–1955
‘To teach how to live without certainty, and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy in our age can still do for those who study it.’
Bertrand Russell, 1872–1970
© in this web service Cambridge University Press
www.cambridge.org
Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-66996-3 - Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma Richard van de Lagemaat