Susan Stebbing: Quotes about thinking

Susan Stebbing was British philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on thinking.

Susan Stebbing: 18 quotes0 likes

“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

“…potted thinking is easily accepted, is concentrated in form, and has lost the vitamins essential to mental nourishment.”

As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 63

“…we easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call ‘Potted Thinking’.”

As quoted in Thinking to Some Purpose (1939), p. 63