We can’t define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into that paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers… one saying to the other: “you don’t know what you are talking about!”. The second one says: “what do you mean by talking? What do you mean by you? What do you mean by know?”
Richard Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics (1964), Volume I, 8-2
One reply on “Quote #224”
This is awesome. I know some people who argue this way—hence the cognition post… “What do you mean by ‘cognition'”; “What is psychological?”…