Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Quotes: Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not.
         

Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not.


Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Check all other quotes by Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 02 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Much-can-be-gained-be-contrasting-a-257423>.




Check out


Other quotes of Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature


legal investigation. As Clinton noted, “My goal in this deposition was to be truthful, but not particularly helpful.

legal investigation. As Clinton noted, “My goal in this deposition was to be truthful, but not particularly helpful.





Other quotes you may like


Every time we pray our horizon is altered our attitude to things is altered not sometimes but every time and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.

Every time we pray our horizon is altered our attitude to things is altered not sometimes but every time and the amazing thing is that we don't pray more.



The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in.

The important thing is to do good work, no matter what medium you do it in.



What people want, above all, is order.

What people want, above all, is order.



In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.

In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.



Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.

Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.



I'm not alive to be right. I'm here to care, to heal, to understand

I'm not alive to be right. I'm here to care, to heal, to understand



To be free means to be lacking in constitutive identity...

To be free means to be lacking in constitutive identity...



A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others.

A clean heart can see God, can speak to God, and can see the love of God in others.



Any good that comes our way doesn't come to us solely because we have done something good, but because God is good.

Any good that comes our way doesn't come to us solely because we have done something good, but because God is good.



The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning.

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Much can be gained be contrasting a theory with its alternatives, even ones that look too extreme to be true. You can really understand something when you know what it is not.". Author of this quote is Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. .