"If we are ready to tolerate everything as……" — 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 tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given."
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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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I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there actually are…
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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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