"Henry Nelson Goodman" was an United States/American philosopher, known for his work on Counterfactual conditional/counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, Irrealism (philosophy)/irrealism, and aesthetics.

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Truth cannot be defined or tested by agreement with 'the world'; for not only do truths differ for different worlds but the nature of agreement between a world apart from it is notoriously nebulous.

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Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add.

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