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We all play Sherlock Holmes sometimes. What should we do when we play Sherlock Holmes?

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Truth vs Partial Correspondence

A proposition is either true or false. A reconstruction obtained by following clues may not correspond exactly to the original, yet could be regarded as satisfactory or even valuable.


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