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regress Logic a supposed explanation each stage of which requires to be similarly explained, as saying that knowledge requires a justification in terms of propositions themselves known to be true How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the larger, painfully obvious objection to this argument is a structural one: Reasoning backward under the impression that the destructive results of this or that piece of writing invalidates its purchase on our serious attention could make "E=mc squared" the most taboo phrase in the language. Especially when the new anatomy was employed in the already established practice of autopsy, the explanation of appearances in the dissected cadaver could involv e a chain of reasoning backward about past events in the body, and life history, of the deceased. Reasoning backward from direct mail puts environmentalism in jeopardy of behaving like just another interest group: The last thing you'd want from a movement that has long been rightly seen as among society's bright lights. |
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