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Ideas for Douglas Lackey, Gareth Evans and John L. Pollock

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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

8819	We need the concept of truth for defeasible reasoning [Pollock]
	Full Idea: It might be wondered why we even have a concept of truth. The answer is that this concept is required for defeasible reasoning.
	From: John L. Pollock (Epistemic Norms [1986], 'Cog.Mach')
	A reaction: His point is that we must be able to think critically about our beliefs ('is p true?') if we are to have any knowledge at all. An excellent point. Give that man a teddy bear.