My picture of the world is drawn in perspective and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the stars are all as small as three-penny bits. I don't really believe in astronomy, except as a complicated description of part of the course of human and possibly animal sensation. I apply my perspective not merely to space but also to time. In time the world will cool and everything will die; but that is a long time off still and its present value at compound discount is almost nothing.
What we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either. - Frank P. Ramsey
What we can't say we can't say, and we can't whistle it either.
- Frank P. Ramsey
[I attach] little importance to physical size. I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. The stars may be large, but they can… - Frank P. Ramsey
[I attach] little importance to physical size. I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. The stars may be large, but they can…
Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information; and, … - Frank P. Ramsey
Science, history and politics are not suited for discussion except by experts. Others are simply in the position of requiring more information; and, …
Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and orga… - Frank P. Ramsey
Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and orga…
We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer, but we cannot … - Frank P. Ramsey
We are in the ordinary position of scientists of having to be content with piecemeal improvements: we can make several things clearer, but we cannot …
My picture of the world is drawn in perspective and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the stars are all as sm… - Frank P. Ramsey
My picture of the world is drawn in perspective and not like a model to scale. The foreground is occupied by human beings and the stars are all as sm…
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