A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term philosopher.

Quote by Alfred Korzybski

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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt...

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt...

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the...

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the...

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it...

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it...

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the...

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something Before a noise,...

In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something Before a noise,...

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the...

If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the...

The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure...

The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...

The analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which...

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many...

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many...

It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

Necessity knows no law except to conquer

Necessity knows no law except to conquer

If you are a black man in America and get stopped by the police, make...

If you are a black man in America and get stopped by the police, make...

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during...

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during...

A wonderful discovery, psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.

A wonderful discovery, psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they're complex.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...