Nonsense - Philosophy of Language and Of Science

Philosophy of Language and Of Science

Further information: Sense

In the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, nonsense refers to a lack of sense or meaning. Different technical definitions of meaning delineate sense from nonsense.

Read more about this topic:  Nonsense

Famous quotes containing the words philosophy, language and/or science:

    “At the very moment when someone is beginning to take philosophy seriously, the whole world believes the opposite.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “Different persons growing up in the same language are like different bushes trimmed and trained to take the shape of identical elephants. The anatomical details of twigs and branches will fulfill the elephantine form differently from bush to bush, but the overall outward results are alike.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “The science hangs like a gathering fog in a valley, a fog which begins nowhere and goes nowhere, an incidental, unmeaning inconvenience to passers-by.”
    —H.G. (Herbert George)