Roderick Chisholm Quotes
Roderick Milton Chisholm was an American philosopher and one of the principal figures of mid-twentieth-century American analytic metaphysics and epistemology. He spent his entire teaching career at Brown University, where he chaired the philosophy department for many years and trained many of the leading metaphysicians of the next generation. The quotes below are attributed to Roderick Chisholm, organized by topic.
Roderick Chisholm on Freedom
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Attributed to Roderick Chisholm:
“An action is free when its agent is the cause that is not in turn caused.”
Roderick Chisholm on Knowledge
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Attributed to Roderick Chisholm:
“Epistemology must begin with the evident.”
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Attributed to Roderick Chisholm:
“The problem of the criterion is the central problem of the theory of knowledge.”
Roderick Chisholm on Mind
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Attributed to Roderick Chisholm:
“Each of us is an enduring particular, not a series of momentary selves.”
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Attributed to Roderick Chisholm:
“The mark of the mental is intentionality.”