The word ” philosophy ” carries unfortunate connotations: impractical, unworldly, weird. — Simon Blackburn
Thoughts are strange things. they have ‘representational’ powers: a thought typically represents — Simon Blackburn
When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly. — Simon Blackburn
The absolutist parades his good solid grounding in observation, reason, objectivity, truth — Simon Blackburn
People who have cut their teeth on philosophical problems of rationality, knowledge, — Simon Blackburn