Full Idea
Recognising patterns is very much a matter of inventing or imposing them.
Gist of Idea
We don't recognise patterns - we invent them
Source
Nelson Goodman (Ways of Worldmaking [1978], 1.7)
Book Reference
Goodman,Nelson: 'Ways of Worldmaking' [Hackett 1984], p.22
A Reaction
I take this to be false.