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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

1627	Any statement can be held true if we make enough adjustment to the rest of the system [Quine]
	Full Idea: Any statement can be held true come what may, if we make drastic enough adjustments elsewhere in the system.
	From: Willard Quine (Two Dogmas of Empiricism [1953], p.43)

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

14767	The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]
	Full Idea: The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine.
	From: Charles Sanders Peirce (Concerning the Author [1897], p.2)