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... give you a bottle of whiskey . But “ I ought not to give you a bottle of whiskey " entails ( e ) “ It is false that I ought to give you a bottle of whiskey . " ( c ) and ( e ) are contradictories . We have , then , deduced a ...
... give you a bottle of whiskey . But “ I ought not to give you a bottle of whiskey " entails ( e ) “ It is false that I ought to give you a bottle of whiskey . " ( c ) and ( e ) are contradictories . We have , then , deduced a ...
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... give reasons for believing that these are propositions that may plau- sibly be attributed to Descartes . After that , I shall give the dream argument itself , in three parts . Finally , I shall try to determine to what extent the ...
... give reasons for believing that these are propositions that may plau- sibly be attributed to Descartes . After that , I shall give the dream argument itself , in three parts . Finally , I shall try to determine to what extent the ...
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George Nakhnikian. conception of dreaming , although the reason that Descartes him- self gives for accepting ( 2 ) is not this , but a reason that he cannot give at this stage of the argument without ceasing to abide by his own ...
George Nakhnikian. conception of dreaming , although the reason that Descartes him- self gives for accepting ( 2 ) is not this , but a reason that he cannot give at this stage of the argument without ceasing to abide by his own ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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