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C. D. Broad Quotes on Truth

Charlie Dunbar Broad was a British analytic philosopher and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge for nearly fifty years. This page collects quotes attributed to C. D. Broad on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to C. D. Broad:

    “Philosophy is the criticism of categories.”

  • Attributed to C. D. Broad:

    “We must take seriously the possibility of paranormal phenomena.”

  • Attributed to C. D. Broad:

    “Speculative philosophy follows critical philosophy as systematization follows analysis.”

  • Attributed to C. D. Broad:

    “There is no question of philosophy that has been definitively settled.”

  • Attributed to C. D. Broad:

    “The aim of philosophy is clarity, not edification.”