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“No doubt, intuitions deserve respect. ...[but] I think that it is always up for grabs what an intuition is an intuition of. At a minimum, it is surely sometimes up for grabs…” quote by Jerry Fodor — Download Open image

“No doubt, intuitions deserve respect. ...[but] I think that it is always up for grabs what an intuition is an intuition of. At a minimum, it is surely sometimes up for grabs…”

Jerry Fodor

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On my bad days, I sometimes wonder what philosophers are for.

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