Famous quotes containing the words word, sense and/or induction:
“The thought is merely a sign, as the word is merely a sign for the thought.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite,—only a sense of existence. Well, anything for variety.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views, fairy tales, instead of the customary pair theory/observation. This impression would certainly be mistaken. My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is rather to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.”
—Paul Feyerabend (1924–1994)