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... experience contradicts the version of reality presented to us . We can decide that " con- sensus reality " is still true and label our own experience unique , personal , contrary to fact ; we can deny that whatever men did to us didn't ...
... experience contradicts the version of reality presented to us . We can decide that " con- sensus reality " is still true and label our own experience unique , personal , contrary to fact ; we can deny that whatever men did to us didn't ...
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... experience prin- ciple " : " If there is a basic domain of experience associated with A , then it is natural for entities in that domain to be in the same category as A " ( 93 ) . For Dyirbal , this principle predicts that we will find ...
... experience prin- ciple " : " If there is a basic domain of experience associated with A , then it is natural for entities in that domain to be in the same category as A " ( 93 ) . For Dyirbal , this principle predicts that we will find ...
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... experience felt to you when you were a teenager today . ' ' But none of us has exactly the same experience , and the nonspecific use of it invites us to supply memories of our individual experience . What we read into the ad then ...
... experience felt to you when you were a teenager today . ' ' But none of us has exactly the same experience , and the nonspecific use of it invites us to supply memories of our individual experience . What we read into the ad then ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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