Style: should Kripke have avoided “I” in his academic writing?

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This brief paper considers what to say about someone who responds to Saul Kripke’s writing by saying, “He uses ‘I’. That sounds subjective.” What to say about such an inference?! The main response I offer is that philosophy is partly about challenging, not encouraging, mistaken inferences.

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Terence Rajivan Edward
University of Manchester (PhD)

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