"After all, in supporting phenomenal concepts I am in a sense siding with introspection against the more behaviourist Wittgensteinians. But even so I don't think that introspection is powerful enough to resolve the specific issue about how many colours you can see."

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Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.

David Papineau

#Powerful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I do not believe that ever any building was truly great, unless it had mighty masses, vigorous and deep, of shadow mingled with its surface.”
“The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.”
“It's always disappointing when people decide for one reason or another that they don't like your work anymore, but you can't try to please people, because then you're just going to be doing - you'll never live it down, y'know it'll always be dogging you around - you might be being a fake about the whole thing.”
“I would much rather have you believe in something I donâ€™t agree with than to accept everything blindly.”
“I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.”
“I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.”
“I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do”
“The resurrection is not merely important to the historic Christian faith; without it, there would be no Christianity. It is the singular doctrine that elevates Christianity above all other world religions.”

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