Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. The importance of truth is that it adds to interest.


p. 259. - Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929)

Alfred North Whitehead Quotes

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting...

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting...

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting...

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; … But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting...