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Nelson Goodman Quotes: We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
         

We make versions, and true versions make worlds.


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We make versions, and true versions make worlds.
         



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An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure enough to be intriguing.



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This page presents the quote "We make versions, and true versions make worlds.". Author of this quote is Nelson Goodman. This quote is about pragmatism, philosophy-of-science, philosophy, irrealism,.