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The Socratic fallacy undone
British Journal for the History of Philosophy 27 (6):1071-1091 (2019)
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ABSTRACTThe Socratic fallacy is the supposed mistake of inferring that somebody does not know any instances or attributes of a universal because of their inability to give a satisfactory definition...Author's Profile
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