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We must face the unfortunate fact that we are moved to the acceptance of beliefs by factors that are wholly irrelevant to their truth.

Susan Stebbing

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L. (Lizzie) Susan Stebbing (December 2, 1885 – September 11, 1943) was an English philosopher. She belonged to the 1930s generation of analytic philosophy.

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Alternative Names: L. Susan Stebbing • Lizzie Susan Stebbing • (Lizzie) Susan Stebbing

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...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’.

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

A system is said to be coherent if every fact in the system is related every other fact in the system by relations that are not merely conjunctive. A deductive system affords a good example of a coherent system.

We must face the unfortunate fact that we are moved to the acceptance of beliefs by factors that are wholly irrelevant to their truth. - Susan Stebbing

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