When we say that Philosophy tries to clear up the meanings of concepts we do not mean that it is simply concerned to substitute some long phrase for some familiar word.
Charles D. Broad
Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.
nature truth
In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them.
change mind science
It should now be clear why the method of Philosophy is so different from that of the natural sciences. Experiments are not made, because they would be utterly useless.
method philosophy science
In Psychology we deal with minds and their processes, and leave out of account as far as possible the objects that we get to know by means of them.
mind
The pure natural scientist is liable to forget that minds exist, and that if it were not for them he could neither know nor act on physical objects.
philosophy
When I see a colour or hear a sound, I am aware of something, and not of nothing.
sound
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