Wednesday, December 6, 2023

A simple maxim

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned
        I try to follow a simple maxim:
                if you can’t say it clearly
                        you don’t understand it yourself.

                                John Searle, Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind

 

 

 

 

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