Propositions Quotes

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The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share… — Carl Gustav Hempel
Not that the propositions of geometry are only approximately true, but that they remain absolutely true in regard to that Euclidean space which has been… — Arthur Cayley
One does afford oneself the luxury to come into the studio and all day, every day, spend one's life making aesthetic propositions. What an immense… — Anish Kapoor
Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions. — Alvin Plantinga
People have murdered each other, in massive wars and guerilla actions, for many centuries, and still murder each other in the present, over Ideologies and… — Robert Anton Wilson
Mathematics is a logical method. . . . Mathematical propositions express no thoughts. In life it is never a mathematical proposition which we need, but… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Among the minor, yet striking characteristics of mathematics, may be mentioned the fleshless and skeletal build of its propositions; the peculiar difficulty, complication, and stress… — Charles Sanders Peirce
Analytic It is clear that the definition of "logic" or "mathematics" must be sought by trying to give a new definition of the old notion… — Bertrand Russell
Mathematics as a science, commenced when first someone, probably a Greek, proved propositions about "any" things or about "some" things, without specifications of definite particular… — Alfred North Whitehead
If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the "state of progressive collapse" is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering… — Edgar Allan Poe
In todayâ€™s world, working for yourself is actually the safer route, and working for a corporation has become the riskier propositions. — Paul Zane Pilzer
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty. — Gottfried Leibniz
Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the earth, or within… — Bertrand Russell
One of the most freeing discoveries these past few years in my relationship with God is discovering that God is not a belief system or… — Jim Palmer
For is it not the common experience of all of us - you and I - that we do no incorporate the truth of these… — James W. Sire
I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions. — Peter Greenaway
The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the… — Francis Bacon
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical propositions. — Richard Posner

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