“To call a posit a posit is not to patronize it. A posit can be unavoidable except at the cost of other no less artificial expedients. Everything to which we concede existence is a posit from the standpoint of a description of the theory-building process, and simultaneously real from the standpoint of the theory that is being built.”
This book delves into the nature of language and its impact on human cognition, offering a comprehensive analysis of the structure and function of words and objects in language. more
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He is considered one of the leading analytic philosophers of the 20th century. more
“One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.”
“. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.”
“Poverty makes people do reckless things, but [the rich] do worse to protect their [interests]”
“The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining.”