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“ Only a philosopher would consider taking Oedipus as a model for a normal, unproblematic relation between an action and the maxim of the act. ”

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Some philosophers hold that philosophy is what you do to a problem until it’s clear enough to solve it by doing science. Others hold that if a philosophical problem succumbs to empirical methods, that shows it wasn’t really philosophical to begin with.

~ Jerry A. Fodor

There is a gap between the mind and the world, and (as far as anybody knows) you need to posit internal representations if you are to have a hope of getting across it. Mind the gap. You’ll regret it if you don't.

~ Jerry A. Fodor

It does bear emphasis that slippery-slope arguments are notoriously invalid.

~ Jerry A. Fodor