Gilbert Harman Quotes
Gilbert Helms Harman was an American philosopher of language, mind, and ethics and a long-serving professor at Princeton. After studies at Swarthmore and Harvard under W. The quotes below are attributed to Gilbert Harman, organized by topic.
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Gilbert Harman on Knowledge
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Attributed to Gilbert Harman:
“Inference to the best explanation is the most general form of inductive reasoning.”
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“Responding to Mae West 's manager's request: "Can't you sound a bit more sexy when you interview her?”
If, sir, I possessed, as you suggest, the power of conveying unlimited sexual attraction through the potency of my voice, I would not be reduced to accepting a miserable pittance from the BBC for interviewing a faded female in a damp basement.
Gilbert Harman on Mind
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Attributed to Gilbert Harman:
“Reasoning, like perception, can be analyzed without taking inner soliloquy at face value.”
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Attributed to Gilbert Harman:
“The internal pressure of consistency is the engine of moral thought.”
Gilbert Harman on Politics
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“If, sir, I possessed, as you suggest, the power of conveying unlimited sexual attraction through the potency of my voice, I would not be reduced to accepting a miserable pittance from the BBC for interviewing a faded female in a damp basement.”
Reported in Stephen Grenfell , Gilbert Harding by His Friends (1961), p. 118 | Responding to Mae West 's manager's request: "Can't you sound a bit more sexy when you interview her? -
“Before he could go to New York he had to get a U.S. visa at the American consulate in Toronto. He was called upon to fill in a long form with many questions, including "Is it your intention to overthrow the Government of the United States by force?" By the time Harding got to that one he was so irritated that he answered: "Sole purpose of visit.”
Reported in Wallace Reyburn , Gilbert Harding: A Candid Portrayal (1978), p. 4
Gilbert Harman on Virtue
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Attributed to Gilbert Harman:
“Moral relativism is not the denial of moral truth, but its localization.”
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Attributed to Gilbert Harman:
“There is no robust character trait of the kind virtue ethics requires.”