"There is no justifiable prediction about how the……" — Robert Nozick
"There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past."
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32 Quotes by Robert Nozick
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Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I…
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And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give…
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Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.
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Marxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics.
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What else can matter to us, other than how our lives feel from the inside?
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The socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
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The terminology of philosophical art is coercive: arguments are powerful and best when they are knockdown, arguments force you to…
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What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested…
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