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Category Archives: Metaphysica
Is ‘warranted assertibility’ warranted?
The need for intersubjectively validated knowledge, the need for tolerance, and the need for forms of life that rest on existential commitments that not everyone can or should make, are all real needs. There is plenty for philosophy to do … Continue reading →
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Prof. Putnam, meet Prof. Austin
A quote from Hilary Putnam that could have come from J.L. Austin: The fact that perception is sometimes erroneous does not show that even non-erroneous perception is really perception of ‘appearances.’ — Hilary Putnam, Pragmatism, p. 21
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