Philosophy Of Language

Bertrand Russell

Philosophy

Analytic philosophy

1872–1970

"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles."

Rudolf Carnap

Philosophy

Positivism

1891–1970

"In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere."

🇫🇷Jacques Derrida

Philosophy

Phenomenology

1930–2004

"I am one of those marranes who no longer say they are Jews even in the secret of their own hearts."

🇺🇸John Searle

Philosophy

analytic philosophy

1932–2025

"Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can’t say it clearly you don’t understand it yourself."

🇺🇸Saul Kripke

Philosophy

1940–2022

"It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong."

🇺🇸Hilary Putnam

Mathematics

Analytic philosophy

1926–2016

". "I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!"

🇫🇷Henri_Bergson

Philosophy

Analytic philosophy

1859–1941

"I cannot escape the objection that there is no state of mind, however simple, that does not change every moment."

🇺🇸Stanley Cavell

Philosophy

1926–2018

"I know how to give the meaning of a word but not how to give the intention of a word."

🇪🇸Joxe Azurmendi

Literature

continental philosophy

1941–2025

"The Basques are Argonauts with very fragile ships."

🇮🇹Tullio De Mauro

Politics

1932–2017

"It is not possible to fully understand modern world culture without appreciating its connection and its continuity with the heritage of classical culture."