Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we are unwilling to accept; an inference is rejected if it violates a rule we are unwilling to amend.
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. No… - Nelson Goodman
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when it proves false. No…
- Nelson Goodman
Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banalit… - Nelson Goodman
Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banalit…
Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we a… - Nelson Goodman
Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we a…
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,… - 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,…
What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is already clear and what need… - Nelson Goodman
What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is already clear and what need…
We aim at simplicity and hope for truth. - Nelson Goodman
We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure enough to be in… - Nelson Goodman
An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure enough to be in…
We make versions, and true versions make worlds. - Nelson Goodman
We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
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 betwe… - Nelson Goodman
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 betwe…
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