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Mortimer Adler
(28 Dec 1902 - 28 Jun 2001)
American philosopher, educator and author who co-founded the Great Books program of learning with the proposition that "Philosophy is everybody's business. He wrote many books on the humanities and philosophy aimed at the general reader, including Aristotle for Everybody and Six Great Ideas.
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Science Quotes by Mortimer Adler (1 quote)
Ultimately there can be no disagreement between history, science, philosophy, and theology. Where there is disagreement, there is either ignorance or error.
— Mortimer Adler
As quoted on title page of Max Weisman (ed.), Center for the Study of The Great Ideas, Philosphy is Everybody's Business, (Spring/Summer 2001), 8, No. 1, 1.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
