Episteme Quotes & Sayings

The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific statement must remain tentative for ever. — Karl Popper

Republicans: the party that brought us 'Just Say No.' First as a drug policy, then as their entire platform. — Stephen Colbert

The abiding western dominology can with religion sanction identify anything dark, profound, or fluid with a revolting chaos, an evil to be mastered, a nothing to be ignored. 'God had made us master organizers of the world to establish system where chaos reigns. He has made us adept in government that we may administer government among savages and senile peoples.' From the vantage point of the colonizing episteme, the evil is always disorder rather than unjust order; anarchy rather than control, darkness rather than pallor. To plead otherwise is to write 'carte blanche for chaos.' Yet those who wear the mark of chaos, the skins of darkness, the genders of unspeakable openings
those Others of Order keep finding voice. But they continue to be muted by the bellowing of the dominant discourse. — Catherine Keller

There are two types of security protocols that Freenet offers: Darknet and Openet. — Lance Henderson

In any given culture and at any given moment, there is always only one 'episteme' that defines the conditions of possibility of all knowledge, whether expressed in theory or silently invested in a practice. — Michel Foucault

Any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. — Michael Moore

Being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart. — Helen Bevington

No, no, no! Terry's camper than the Brighton male all-nude self-raising tent Olympics. — Patty O'Furniture

Shut up and concentrate," I ordered, and his hips thrust harder. Oh yeah. "Now who's bossy?" he grunted. "You're not concentrating." He pulled out and then slammed back in. "Oh yeah, baby, I fuckin' am. — Kristen Ashley

Note another element of Switzerland: it is perhaps the most successful country in history, yet it has traditionally had a very low level of university education compared to the rest of the rich nations. Its system, even in banking during my days, was based on apprenticeship models, nearly vocational rather than the theoretical ones. In other words, on techne (crafts and know how), not episteme (book knowledge, know what). — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently. — Denis Leary