Quote of the day
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
Sydney Shoemaker

Born: September 29, 1931
Died: September 6, 2022 (aged 90)
Bio: Sydney Shoemaker was an American philosopher. He was the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and was well known for his contributions to philosophy of mind and metaphysics. In 1971, he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University.
Known for:
- Physical realization (2007)
- Identity, cause, and mind (1984)
- Personal identity and memory (1984)
- Self-knowledge and self-identity (1958)