Norman Malcolm Quotes on Mind
Norman Adrian Malcolm was an American philosopher and the principal American interpreter of Wittgenstein's later philosophy. This page collects quotes attributed to Norman Malcolm on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Norman Malcolm:
“Dreaming is not an experience that is later remembered; it is the recollection itself.”
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Attributed to Norman Malcolm:
“The grammar of psychological concepts is the proper subject of the philosophy of mind.”
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“It is hardly correct to speak of these meetings as ‘lectures’, although this is what Wittgenstein called them. For one thing, he was carrying on original research in these meetings. He was thinking about certain problems in a way that he could have done had he been alone. For another thing, the meetings were largely conversation.”
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“Some have thought that Wittgenstein's lectures were only for his friends and favourites. In fact he would admit anyone to his lectures. He required, however, that they should attend continuously and for a considerable period of time. He would not allow anyone to come for only one or two meetings. To one such request he replied, 'My lectures are not for tourists.”
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