Nelson Goodman

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”