Ludwik Fleck Inspirational Quotes (3)

Cognition modifies the knower so as to adapt him harmoniously to his acquired knowledge.

Cognition is ... not an individual process of any theoretical particular conciousness. Rather it is the result of a social activity, since the existing stock of knowledge exceeds the range available to any one individual.

The current state of knowledge remains vague when history is not considered, just as history remains vague without substantive knowledge about the current state.