Susan Stebbing Quotes on Knowledge
L. This page collects quotes attributed to Susan Stebbing on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Susan Stebbing:
“Logic is the art of clear thinking.”
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Attributed to Susan Stebbing:
“Philosophy ought to be intelligible to those who are not philosophers.”
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Attributed to Susan Stebbing:
“We must distinguish in order to think clearly.”
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“I am convinced of the urgent need for democratic people to think clearly without the distortions due to unconscious bias and unrecognised ignorance. Our failures in thinking in part due to our faults which we could to some extent overcome were we to see clearly how these faults arise.”
As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), Preface