F. C. S. Schiller Quotes
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller was a British philosopher of pragmatism, holding for many years a fellowship at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He gave pragmatism the alternative name humanism and engaged in a long polemic with the dominant British idealism of Bradley and Bosanquet. The quotes below are attributed to F. C. S. Schiller, organized by topic.
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F. C. S. Schiller on Knowledge
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Attributed to F. C. S. Schiller:
“Knowledge is a human achievement, not a mirror of the eternal.”
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“Formal Logic: A Scientific and Social Problem (London: Macmillan & Co, Ltd, 1912) Preface (p. x)”
When Science at last escaped from the clutches of medieval Scholasticism (which was itself a hybrid between theology and Formal Logic), it happened that ‘Logic’ remained in the old curriculum. So the students of Science were not taught it, and consequently were not paralysed by its technicalities and ineptitudes. They could therefore go ahead, and advance their subjects by the light of nature, wit
F. C. S. Schiller on Nature
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“When Science at last escaped from the clutches of medieval Scholasticism (which was itself a hybrid between theology and Formal Logic), it happened that ‘Logic’ remained in the old curriculum. So the students of Science were not taught it, and consequently were not paralysed by its technicalities and ineptitudes. They could therefore go ahead, and advance their subjects by the light of nature, without being blocked at every step by sterile subtleties.”
Formal Logic: A Scientific and Social Problem (London: Macmillan & Co, Ltd, 1912) Preface (p. x)
F. C. S. Schiller on Truth
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Attributed to F. C. S. Schiller:
“Truth is what works in the long run.”
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Attributed to F. C. S. Schiller:
“Pragmatism is humanism.”
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Attributed to F. C. S. Schiller:
“Logic must be human if it is to be useful.”
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Attributed to F. C. S. Schiller:
“Reality is what answers our questions.”