"I am concerned, rather, that there should not……" — 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."
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11 Quotes by Nelson Goodman
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For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it…
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We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
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Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or…
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Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds…
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We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
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Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while…
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What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we…
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An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull…
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Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if…
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If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse…
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More Concerned Quotes
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason…
— Aristotle
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
— Richard Armour
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I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the…
— Neil Armstrong
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
— Bashar al-Assad
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As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of…
— David Attenborough
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily…
— Saint Augustine
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What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
— Jane Austen
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There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial…
— Russell Baker
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If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute…
— Dave Barry
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Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
— Pierre Beaumarchais
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