>At 11:15 2/10/97 -0700, Jim wrote:
>>Ajit writes: >Since all the claims to "truth" are arbitrary, <
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>>Ajit, why should anyone believe this sweeping statement? that is, why is it
>>true?
>>(Since it is a premise for the rest of the comment, its falsity undermines
>>the rest.)
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>>If it's not true, I wonder why you found it worthwhile to state this
>>non-fact. Does it serve your self-interest? does it fit with your cultural,
>>ethnic, and/or gender-based biases? does it reflect subconscious neuroses?
>>is it simply hot air?
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>>in pen-l solidarity,
>>
>>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Very funny, but not true ;). Theoretically speaking, one can show the
>arbitrariness of all the truth claims made up till now without having to
>make any truth claims of one's own. That's all I have been saying. Cheers,
>ajit sinha
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