Tyler Burge Quotes

• It seems to me that philosophers should be more relaxed about whether or not some form of materialism is true.

  Tyler Burge

  Knowledge, Mind, Philosopher

  Tyler Burge (2013). “Cognition Through Understanding: Self-Knowledge, Interlocution, Reasoning, Reflection: Philosophical Essays”, p.487, Oxford University Press

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• [T]here is a methodological bias in favor of taking natural discourse literally, other things being equal. For example, unless there are clear reasons for construing discourse as ambiguous, elliptical, or involving special idioms, we should not so construe it.

  Tyler Burge

  Philosophical, Special, Favors

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