Shit My Philosophy Professor Says
"I'll say something more significant after this comment...I hope."
"We hafta sift and winnow."
"You can stipulate anything you like, but WHO CARES?"
"Babies are born with sutures in their heads. Their heads are squishy. Maybe you've thought about this before."
Shouting, waving arms. "You can't explain 'T is true' if T is false!"
"Quine is like if you took Duhem and put him on steroids. Twice."
"So you're talking about this hypothetical newborn baby with a tabula rasa or something. THAT'S not science. That's not even PEOPLE."Â
"I don't CARE how much you like or dislike carrying an umbrella when it doesn't rain. That's IRRELEVANT."Â
"Our theories about what makes a theory a good theory have changed too."
"Statistics is pretty much 95% a 20th century invention."Â
"We'll think about other ways of thinking about it later."