Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Nelson Goodman
Born: August 7, 1906
Died: November 25, 1998 (aged 92)
Bio: Henry Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism, and aesthetics.
Known for:
- Languages of Art (1968)
- Ways of worldmaking (1978)
- Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (1955)
- The structure of appearance (1951)
- Of Mind and Other Matters (1984)