Nelson Goodman Quotes

We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.

Nelson Goodman

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Nelson Goodman

Henry Nelson Goodman (7 August 1906 – 25 November 1998) was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.

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Nelson Goodman

We make versions, and true versions make worlds.

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Nelson Goodman

We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.

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Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous.

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Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.

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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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