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> [We make versions, and true versions make worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/we-make-versions-and-true-versions-make-worlds/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

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## More by Nelson Goodman

> [An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/an-answer-once-found-is-dull-and-the-only-remaining-interest-lies-in/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/what-intrigues-us-as-a-problem-and-what-will-satisfy-us-as-a-solution/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/truth-cannot-be-defined-or-tested-by-agreement-with-the-world-for-not/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [We make versions, and true versions make worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/we-make-versions-and-true-versions-make-worlds/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there are in heaven or earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/i-am-concerned-rather-that-there-should-not-be-more-things-dreamt-of/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are in heaven and earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/i-am-concerned-rather-that-there-should-not-be-more-things-dreamt-of-2/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/coming-to-understand-a-painting-or-a-symphony-in-an-unfamiliar-style/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/for-if-as-scientists-we-seek-simplicity-then-obviously-we-try-the/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [“My title “The Fabrication of Facts,” has the virtue not only of indicating pretty clearly what I am going to discuss but also of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/my-title-the-fabrication-of-facts-has-the-virtue-not-only-of/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/if-we-are-ready-to-tolerate-everything-as-understood-there-is-nothing/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/rules-and-particular-inferences-alike-are-justified-by-being-brought/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/we-aim-at-simplicity-and-hope-for-truth/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

> [Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-goodman/any-effort-to-make-the-obscure-obvious-is-likely-to-be-unappealing/)

[Nelson Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-goodman/)

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