"In arriving at the relevant theory about the specifics of our faculty of vision we will presumably use our eyes to gather relevant data. Based on such data we come to know about the optic nerve, the structure of our eyes, the rods and cones, etc., so as to explain how it is that vision gives us reliable access to the shapes and colors of objects around us. In reliably arriving at that theory we thus exercise the very faculty whose reliability is explained by the theory. There is no vice in this sort of circularity."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Ernest Sosa

#Eye Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Color Quotes

“Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.”
“Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives”
“The world grows bigger as the light leaves it. There are no boundaries and no landmarks. The trees and the rocks and the anthills begin to disappear, one by one, whisked away under the magical cloak of evening.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.109, Open Road Media
“Even a broken tree can bear fruit”
“Love's in need of love today...don't delay...send yours in right away”
“I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it.”
“We can't continue to look on, when there are entire sectors where there are wages that don't provide a secure livelihood.”
“I want to focus on each scene. I'm a real perfectionist, and I don't want to feel like I didn't consider every possible variation of a scene. I come from a theater background, so I'm used to a lot of repetition, and I'm used to really attacking something over and over and over again.”

Source : "True Blood Actress Adina Porter: On Grief, Dedication, and Balance". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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