Nelson Goodman

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We make versions, and true versions make worlds.


— Nelson Goodman


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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.


— Nelson Goodman


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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.


— Nelson Goodman


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Simons (1987) and Casati and Varzi (1999) show that the calculus of individuals can be grounded in either in a bit of set theory or in monadic predicates schematically employed. "The Calculus of Individuals and Its Uses" (with Henry S. OEG-0-9-310283-3721 (010) 1972.