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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.

Gilbert Harman on Knowledge

  • Attributed to Gilbert Harman:

    “Inference to the best explanation is the most general form of inductive reasoning.”

Gilbert Harman on Mind

  • Attributed to Gilbert Harman:

    “Reasoning, like perception, can be analyzed without taking inner soliloquy at face value.”

  • Attributed to Gilbert Harman:

    “The internal pressure of consistency is the engine of moral thought.”

Gilbert Harman on Virtue

  • Attributed to Gilbert Harman:

    “Moral relativism is not the denial of moral truth, but its localization.”

  • Attributed to Gilbert Harman:

    “There is no robust character trait of the kind virtue ethics requires.”