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... conclusion of the first part of the dream argument asserts that every perceptual propo- sition is corrigible for anyone . The conclusion of the second part is that no one knows incorrigibly that he himself is not dreaming . The conclusion ...
... conclusion of the first part of the dream argument asserts that every perceptual propo- sition is corrigible for anyone . The conclusion of the second part is that no one knows incorrigibly that he himself is not dreaming . The conclusion ...
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... conclusion that “ I am awake ” is corrigible for me and that no proposition that is incorrigible for me entails it . From this , by the criterion of incorrigible knowledge , it follows that I do not know incorrigibly that I am awake ...
... conclusion that “ I am awake ” is corrigible for me and that no proposition that is incorrigible for me entails it . From this , by the criterion of incorrigible knowledge , it follows that I do not know incorrigibly that I am awake ...
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... conclusion that is analogous to the final conclusion of the second part of the dream argument . That conclusion , you will recall , is that no one knows incorrigibly that he himself is not dreaming . We get an analogous conclusion that ...
... conclusion that is analogous to the final conclusion of the second part of the dream argument . That conclusion , you will recall , is that no one knows incorrigibly that he himself is not dreaming . We get an analogous conclusion that ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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