The structure of appearance

Publishing

Author

Nelson Goodman

Henry Nelson Goodman (7 August 1906, Somerville, Massachusetts – 25 November 1998, Needham, Massachusetts) was an American philosopher, known for his work on counterfactuals, mereology, the problem of induction, irrealism and aesthetics. Goodman graduated from Harvard University in 1928. During the...
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • The New Atlantis

    The New Atlantis

    In 1623 Sir Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideals in New Atlantis. Published in Latin (as Nova Atlantis) in 1624 and in English in 1627, this utopian novel was his creation of an ideal land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" were the...
  • The ground of the image

    The ground of the image

  • Thomas Reid

    Thomas Reid

  • The origin of subjectivity

    The origin of subjectivity

  • Hegel

    Hegel

  • Descartes in 90 Minutes

    Descartes in 90 Minutes

    Descartes in 90 Minutes is a book by Paul Strathern.
  • The Birth of Tragedy

    The Birth of Tragedy

    The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik, 1872) is a 19th-century work of dramatic theory by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It was reissued in 1886 as The Birth of Tragedy, Or: Hellenism and Pessimism (Die Geburt der Tragödie, Oder...
  • Essays on Philosophical Subjects

    Essays on Philosophical Subjects, by the Scottish economist Adam Smith. A history of astronomy down to Smith's own era, plus some thoughts on ancient physics and metaphysics. This work was published posthumously, in 1795, using material which Adam Smith had intended to publish eventually but had...
  • Motoori Norinaga zenshu

  • Realism and reason

You can help improve this topic by adding more facts here

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution