Moorean Absurdities and the Nature of Assertion
I argue that Moore's propositions, for example, 'I went to the pictures last Tuesday but I don't believe that I did' cannot be rationally believed. Their assertors either cannot be rationally believed or cannot be believed to be rational. This analysis is extended to Moorean prop...
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Main Author: | WILLIAMS, John N. |
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Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
1996
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/12 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1011/viewcontent/MooreanAbsurditiesNatureAssertion_1996.pdf |
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