From semantics to shipbuilding, from dream theory to propositional logic, any specialist ... is invariably astonished to discover that modern knowledge was… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the… — LeCrae Copy Share Image
“An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“To a blind man, pawn shop and porn shop are one. To an unintelligent man, oversleeping and sleeping over are opposites.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Semantics, or the study of meaning, remained undeveloped, while phonetics made rapid progress and even came to occupy the central place in… — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
“Two of the biggest problems with language is that you can say what you do not mean to say, and that you… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Von Neumann languages do not have useful properties for reasoning about programs. Axiomatic and denotational semantics are precise tools for describing and… — John Backus Copy Share Image
The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Kevyn, Ennesby tells me you are building a time machine. Actually I'm finished. In one afternoon? Wow... Does it work? After a… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
“Causes of individuals presuppose causes of the species, which are not univocal yet not wholly equivocal either, since they are expressing themselves… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't' with 'How can I?' It might… — Maynard Webb Copy Share Image
A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy and to the theory of knowledge or… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted. — H. R. Haldeman Copy Share Image
Philosophers who pay for their semantics by drawing checks on Darwin are in debt way over their heads. — Jerry Fodor Copy Share Image
If you want to understand the nature of something, to find out the truth, that is one thing. If you want to… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
I guess it's not the plan that counts, but the words in which the plan is wrapped. Semantics count for everything, and… — Bruce Barnbaum Copy Share Image
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
