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Re:Derrida vs. the rationalists by mannykannot on Friday February 10, 2017 @08:31AM (#13615200)
Until it leads (as it inevitably tends to) to closed, and therefore irrelevant, universes of discourse, as appears to have happened in this corner of philosophy.
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Re:Derrida vs. the rationalists by xapata on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:21PM (#13618534)
Pruning branches is an important part of growing a decision tree. Don't cut down the tree if some branches went in the wrong direction.
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Re:Derrida vs. the rationalists by mannykannot on Friday February 10, 2017 @09:26PM (#13620584)
I suppose that is OK if you already know in what direction your preferred answer lies, but it does not seem to be in the spirit of self-referential skepticism.
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