One Man's Observation Is Another Man's Closed

Our Acceptance Of An Ontology Is, I Think, Similar In Principle To Our Acceptance Of A Scientific Theory, Say A System Of Physics;we Adopt, At Least Insofar As We Are Reasonable, The Simplest Conceptual Scheme Into Which The Disordered Fragments Of Raw Experience Can Be Fitted And Arranged.

Meaning Is What Essence Becomes When It Is Divorced From The Object Of Reference And Wedded To The Word.

It Is One Of The Consolations Of Philosophy That The Benefit Of Showing How To Dispense With A Concept Does Not Hinge On Dispensing With It.

The Familiar Material Objects May Not Be All That Is Real, But They Are Admirable Examples.

Life Is What The Least Of Us Make The Most Of Us Feel The Least Of Us Make The Most Of.