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... false , the argument will not have succeeded in prov- ing its conclusion true . As a matter of fact , ( a ) is false , if we understand its terms in their ordinary sense . If someone mali- ciously spread false rumors about a good man ...
... false , the argument will not have succeeded in prov- ing its conclusion true . As a matter of fact , ( a ) is false , if we understand its terms in their ordinary sense . If someone mali- ciously spread false rumors about a good man ...
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... false , ( e ) is also false . It is conceivable that , in exercising your right of self- defense , you had to inflict a wound on your attacker , and he happens to be the sort of person who becomes a worse man as a result of having ...
... false , ( e ) is also false . It is conceivable that , in exercising your right of self- defense , you had to inflict a wound on your attacker , and he happens to be the sort of person who becomes a worse man as a result of having ...
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... false , and not reducible , by means of a definition , to a sentence that is logically false . According to the positivist theory of meaning , as we have noted , one class of cognitively meaningful sentences , the non- factual ones ...
... false , and not reducible , by means of a definition , to a sentence that is logically false . According to the positivist theory of meaning , as we have noted , one class of cognitively meaningful sentences , the non- factual ones ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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