The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.

If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar.