"It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it."

Willard Van Orman Quine, American Philosopher

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"It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it."

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