J. J. C. Smart Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“For emotional reasons, connected with my affection for my parents, I was a reluctant atheist, but giving up religion brought peace of mind because intellectual conflict was resolved.”
-- J. J. C. Smart

#Atheist #Giving Up #Emotional
“Indeterminism does not confer freedom on us: I would feel that my freedom was impaired if I thought that a quantum mechanical trigger in my brain might cause me to leap into the garden and eat a slug”
-- J. J. C. Smart

#Garden #Brain #Doe
“An important tradition within westren philosophy believes in the primacy of natural science as a guide to truth. This is sometimes met with the charge that such an allegiance amounts to scientism - the view that the only things that really exist are those recognized by fundamental physical theory, and that the only forms of genuine knowledge are scientific ones.”
-- J. J. C. Smart

#Philosophy #Believe #Views

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