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		bwasti on July 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Was Wittgenstein Right? (2013) >would not exist without philosophy >stems directly from relatively recent discoveries and insights by philosophers You are affirming the consequent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

jacobush on July 23, 2018 [–]

We have only the timeline we live in. Praising the impact and efforts of anyone for anything can be attacked as affirming the consequent.

bwasti on July 24, 2018 | [–]

no. This is a response to the claim that these things would otherwise not exist

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