"Conceptual relativism is a heady and exotic doctrine, or would be if we could make good sense of it. The trouble is, as so often in philosophy, it is hard to improve intelligibility while retaining the excitement."

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Source : Donald Davidson (2001). “Inquiries Into Truth and Interpretation: Philosophical Essays”, p.183, Oxford University Press

Donald Davidson

#Philosophy Quotes #Doctrine Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“If we score, we might win. If they never score, we can't lose.”
“We live on earth; our homeland is in heaven.”
“Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.”
“The nearest my parents came to alcohol was at Holy Communion and they utterly overestimated its effects. However bad the weather, Dad never drove to church because Mam thought the sacrament might make him incapable on the return journey.”
“All knowledge is self-reflective.”
“And I want to say that my grandmother was one of the biggest inspirations in my life. She taught me how to be a real woman, to have strength and self-respect, and to never give those things away.”
“Love breaks my bones and I laugh”
“Sachin is the greatest role model I've ever met.”

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