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... pragmatic contradic- tion is partially conveyed by : S asserts that p only if S uses a sentence : i.e. , asserting , in the relevant sense , is , among other things , a linguistic act . Now S can , in that sense of ' assert , assert ...
... pragmatic contradic- tion is partially conveyed by : S asserts that p only if S uses a sentence : i.e. , asserting , in the relevant sense , is , among other things , a linguistic act . Now S can , in that sense of ' assert , assert ...
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... pragmatic inconsistency . To disbelieve p is to believe that p is not the case . " I believe that I am not thinking " entails " I am thinking . " Hence , I cannot , without pragmatic in- consistency , disbelieve that I am thinking ...
... pragmatic inconsistency . To disbelieve p is to believe that p is not the case . " I believe that I am not thinking " entails " I am thinking . " Hence , I cannot , without pragmatic in- consistency , disbelieve that I am thinking ...
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... pragmatic conception of belief would allow him to talk about completely verifying beliefs about empirical matters of fact . According to pragmatism , the function of a belief is to lead us from experience to experience in a ...
... pragmatic conception of belief would allow him to talk about completely verifying beliefs about empirical matters of fact . According to pragmatism , the function of a belief is to lead us from experience to experience in a ...
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PRELIMINARY EXPLANATIONS ON THE NATURE | 3 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH CEPHALUS | 36 |
THE ARGUMENT WITH THRASYMACHUS | 46 |
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