Philosophy Quotes

Questions about meaning, existence, and truth from thinkers who spent their lives searching for answers.

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"Meaning is conventional yet objective."
Katz, Jerrold
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"Meaning emerges from the web of linguistic relationships."
Katz, Jerrold
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"Understanding is the achievement of semantic harmony."
Katz, Jerrold
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"Concepts allow us to transcend the tyranny of the immediate."
Katz, Jerrold
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"Mathematical platonism asks us to reconsider what exists beyond the physical world."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Our conception of what is real depends heavily on our theoretical framework."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Platonism offers both insights and troubling implications for metaphysics."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Abstract entities pose challenges that concrete thinking cannot resolve."
Balaguer, Mark
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"The existence of abstract objects remains rationally defensible and important."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Abstract objects demonstrate that existence transcends space and time."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Platonism represents a noble attempt to account for mathematical objectivity."
Balaguer, Mark
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"The existence of abstract objects challenges our deepest assumptions."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Ontological questions cut to the heart of what philosophy is about."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Numbers may inhabit a realm as real as the physical world."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Questions about numbers are questions about the fundamental nature of being."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Platonism invites profound reflection on the nature of truth and reality."
Balaguer, Mark
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"The meaning of a word is its use in the language."
Montague, Richard
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"The structure of language mirrors the structure of thought."
Montague, Richard
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"Every statement contains assumptions about the world."
Montague, Richard
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"The mind is a vast landscape explored through philosophy."
Montague, Richard
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"In logic, we find the rules by which the mind must operate."
Montague, Richard
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"The meaning of life is found in the clarity of understanding."
Montague, Richard
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"Philosophy is the art of asking the right questions."
Montague, Richard
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"Every statement assumes a framework of meaning."
Montague, Richard
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"Meaning is not found but created through understanding."
Montague, Richard
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"The structure of sentences reflects the structure of reality."
Montague, Richard
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"Language is both a tool and a prison."
Montague, Richard
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"To reason is to be human."
Montague, Richard
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"In philosophy, we find the questions that matter."
Montague, Richard
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"To think is to participate in the infinite."
Montague, Richard