Our conceptual schemes are like glasses through which we see... - Willard Van Orman Quine

"Our conceptual schemes are like glasses through which we see the world, yet we are always wearing them."

Willard Van Orman Quine Philosophy

Philosopher Logician American 1908–2000

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