Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the … - Susanne Langer

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Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding of what we know.

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About Susanne Langer

Susanne Katherina Langer (20 December 1895 – 17 July 1985) was an American philosopher of art, remembered for her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key.

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Alternative Names: Susanne Knauth • Susanne K. Langer • Susanne K. née Knauth • Susanne Katherina Langer • Susanne Katherina née Knauth • Susanne K. nee Knauth • Susanne Katherina nee Knauth
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In a work of art, however modest, the peculiar character of life is always reflected in the fact that it has no parts which keep their qualitative identity in isolation. In the simplest design, the virtual constituents are indivisible, and inalienable from the whole.
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