The belief or unconscious conviction that all propositions are of the subject-predicate form — in other words, that every fact consists in some thing having some quality — has rendered most philosophers incapable of giving any account of the world of science and daily life.


Our Knowledge of the External World, Lecture II (p. 45), The Open Court Publishing Company. Chicago, Illinois. 1914

Bertrand Russell Quotes

The belief or unconscious conviction that all propositions are of the subject-predicate form — in other words, that every fact consists in some...

The belief or unconscious conviction that all propositions are of the subject-predicate form — in other words, that every fact consists in some...

The belief or unconscious conviction that all propositions are of the subject-predicate form — in other words, that every fact consists in some...

The belief or unconscious conviction that all propositions are of the subject-predicate form — in other words, that every fact consists in some...