Robert Adams
Robert Adams
American philosopher best known for his thoughts on metaphysics, religion, and morality.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth8 September 1937
CountryUnited States of America
views stuff skirts
Whatever power there is in the urban pictures is bound to the closeness with which they skirt banality. For a shot to be good — suggestive of more than just what it is — it has to come perilously near being bad, just a view of stuff.
photography reality views
... If we consider the difference between William Henry Jackson packing in his camera by mule, and the person stepping for a moment from his car to take a picture with his Instamatic, it becomes clear how some of our space has vanished; if the time it takes to cross space is a way by which we define it, then to arrive at a view of space 'in no time' is to have denied its reality.
photography jobs views
The job of the photographer, in my view, is not to catalogue indisputable fact but to try to be coherent about intuition and hope. This is not to say that he is unconcerned with the truth.
reality rocks views
How can we hope, after all, to see a tree or rock or clear north sky if we do not adopt a little of their mode of life, a little of their time? if the time it takes to cross space is a way by which we define it, then to arrive at a view of space “in no time” is to have denied its reality
animals best captivity convinced lives putting rest taking wild
I'm not convinced that taking these animals that were from the wild and putting them into captivity for the rest of their lives is in their best interest.
advocating drink evidence ready
There's no evidence not to drink in moderation, but we are not ready to be advocating this either.
kid wish
I wish every kid would take the SAT,
awful found
There's an awful lot out there who they haven't found and never will,
matter party
There will always be an opposing party or person to an idea no matter what it is.
accept building continued countries industries industry looked refused reliable shove throats vehicles
They refused to accept change. While automotive industries in other countries were building smaller, safer, more fuel-efficient and reliable vehicles, the American automotive industry looked the other way and continued to shove oversized, gas-guzzling vehicles down the throats of consumers.
hospital local stroke
That local hospital isn't a stroke center, but we have one here, and we have a telemedicine connection.
friendship point
There is no point in international friendship when the world doesn't care.
increasing itself kids means
What's really increasing more than anything is that we're getting more kids to take the SAT. That in and of itself means more kids are considering post-secondary education, which is tremendous. That's what they need to do.
famous mean people
Being famous doesn't mean much. Sure, you get photos, money, and popularity. But when you come to what people really want, they just want you to look bad.