Max Black
Max Black
Max Blackwas a British-American philosopher, who was a figure in analytic philosophy in the first half of the twentieth century. He made contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mathematics and science, and the philosophy of art, also publishing studies of the work of philosophers such as Frege. His translationof Frege's published philosophical writing is a classic text...
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth24 February 1909
Max Black quotes about
understanding unraveling metaphor
Understanding a metaphor is like deciphering a code or unraveling a riddle.
hate mean scales
Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.
mathematics accepted results
... a result once generally accepted by mathematicians is seldom retracted, and then only with great pangs. The Nature of Mathematics
lost
We've got to keep it going. I haven't lost to them. I can't start.