Nelson Goodman

“A symbol system consists of a symbol scheme correlated with a field of reference.”

“Few terms are used in popular and scientific discourse more promiscuously than 'similarity'.”

“For a nominalist, the only things that exist are individuals.”

“Worldmaking as we know it always starts from worlds already on hand; the making is a remaking.”

“Description is a matter of application of labels, and labels are words, or predicates.”

“An object is a work of art if and only if it functions as a symbol in a certain way.”

“That a given conduct is conforming to a rule is not a matter of how the rule is stated or meant, but of how it is used.”

“Truth, like art, is a matter of style.”

“The sly question ‘What is art?’ is one that does not call for an answer in the form of a definition of a single word.”

“The problem of induction is not a problem of demonstration but a problem of defining the difference between valid and invalid predictions.”

“The familiar world is not standing still, but is being progressively re-made.”

“The new riddle of induction is... to distinguish between 'valid' and 'invalid' predictions.”

“There is no such thing as the structure of the world; there are many different structures.”

“A statement is true, and a description or representation is right, for a world it fits.”