

“When Ranke argued that the external relations, of states determine their internal conditions, his argument had considerable cogency.”
― Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
― Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis

“In a democracy scientific institutions, research programmes, and suggestions must therefore be subjected to public control, there must be a separation of state and science just as there is a separation between state and religious institutions, and science should be taught as one view among many and not as the one and only road to truth and reality.”
― Against Method
― Against Method

“Materialism is a beautiful and compelling view of the world, but to account for consciousness, we have to go beyond the resources it provides.”
― The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
― The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory

“if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
― The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
― The Mueller Report: Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

“Only someone who (like the Intuitionist) denies that the concepts and axioms of classical set theory have any meaning could be satisfied with such a solution, not someone who believes them to describe some well-determined reality. For in reality Cantor's conjecture must be either true or false, and its undecidability from the axioms as known today can only mean that these axioms do not contain a complete description of reality.”
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