Nelson Goodman - Fact, Fiction, and Forecast (1955)

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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.

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If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given.

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What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is already clear and what needs to be clarified.

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