Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality. — 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
