Facts in isolation are false (Berry)
October 31st, 2007 | Published in Education, Quotes, Truth | 1 Comment
Facts in isolation are false. The more isolated a fact or set of facts is, the more false it is. A fact is true in the absolute sense only in association with all facts. This is why the departmentalization of knowledge in our colleges and universities is fundamentally wrong.
–Wendell Berry, “Going to Work” in Citizenship Papers (2003), p. 41
October 31st, 2007 at 11:33 am (#)
It’s ironic to isolate that quote.