Quote

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.

Nelson Goodman

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nelson Goodman
Age: 92 †
Born: 1906
Born: August 7
Died: 1998
Died: November 25
Gallerist
Philosopher
University Teacher
Somerville
Massachusetts
Henry Nelson Goodman
Apart
Defined
Nebulous
Nature
Notoriously
Cannot
Differ
Truth
Tested
Different
Worlds
World
Agreement
Truths

More quotes by Nelson Goodman

Image
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.
Nelson Goodman
Image
We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
Nelson Goodman
Image
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 intriguing.
Nelson Goodman
Image
We aim at simplicity and hope for truth.
Nelson Goodman
Image
I am concerned, rather, that there should not be more things dreamt of in my philosophy than there are in heaven or earth.
Nelson Goodman
Image
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 needs to be clarified.
Nelson Goodman