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... contingent proposition is incorrigible for me even while p is false . But if this is possible for some contingent propo- sitions that are incorrigible for me , then there is no reason why it should not be possible for all contingent ...
... contingent proposition is incorrigible for me even while p is false . But if this is possible for some contingent propo- sitions that are incorrigible for me , then there is no reason why it should not be possible for all contingent ...
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... contingent proposition that entails that a man is not dreaming is corrigible for that man . But because " S is not dreaming " is a contingent proposition , no necessarily true proposition entails it . It is true that every necessarily ...
... contingent proposition that entails that a man is not dreaming is corrigible for that man . But because " S is not dreaming " is a contingent proposition , no necessarily true proposition entails it . It is true that every necessarily ...
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... contingent and existential . Whenever I believe occurrently that I exist , I know incorrigibly that at least one contingent being ( namely I ) exists . This is an answer to the sceptic , who says that nobody ever knows whether any ...
... contingent and existential . Whenever I believe occurrently that I exist , I know incorrigibly that at least one contingent being ( namely I ) exists . This is an answer to the sceptic , who says that nobody ever knows whether any ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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