For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. Not this course, but any other, requires explanation. If you want to go somewhere quickly,… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given. — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there are in heaven or earth. — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth. — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
“My title “The Fabrication of Facts,” has the virtue not only of indicating pretty clearly what I am going to discuss but also of… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
