Orman

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“Different persons growing up in the same language are like different bushes trimmed and trained to take the shape of identical elephants. The anatomical details of twigs and branches will fulfill the elephantine form differently from bush to bush, but the overall outward results are alike.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

“One man’s observation is another man’s closed book or flight of fancy.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

“Some may find comfort in reflecting that the distinction between an eliminative and an explicative physicalism is unreal.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)