Simon Blackburn: Quotes about the trip

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“The scientific world is to be less threatening than was feared. It is to be made safe for human beings. And the way to make it safe is to reflect on the foundation of knowledge.”

Simon Blackburn

Source: Think (1999), Chapter One, Knowledge, p. 17

“Thoughts are strange things. they have 'representational' powers: a thought typically represents the world as being one way or another. A sensation, by contrast, seems to just sit there.”

Simon Blackburn

Source: Think (1999), Chapter Two, Mind, p. 78

“A signpost doesn't in and of itself represent the way to the village. We have to learn how to take it.”

Simon Blackburn

Source: Think (1999), Chapter Two, Mind, p. 78

“According to Confucianism, the ideal life contains a large dose of respect for traditional ways. All these ideals can be fleshed out and painted in more or less attractive colours. Yet there is something uncomfortable about them, if only because there is little reason to suppose that there is any such thing as the ideal life. Since different people have different tastes and interests, and different cultures encourage different concerns, it seems unlikely that any 'ideal life' will be heavily contextualized: ideal for this person in these circumstances, perhaps, but not much more.”

Simon Blackburn

Source: Think (1999), Chapter Eight, What To Do, p. 278-279