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Thus, it is easy enough to disarm, by asking, “but is it untrue?” | Thus, it is easy enough to disarm, by asking, “but is it untrue?” | ||
“Substantiation” is thus a second-order property of a fact: something that, in the eyes of the outside world, falls | “Substantiation” is thus a [[Second-order derivative|second-order property]] of a fact: something that, in the eyes of the outside world, falls between a “[[known known]]” and an “[[unknown known]]” in [[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] — call it a “[[not officially known]]”. This is a fact that, in the interior world of the person making the statement, falls squarely in the former category but, as far as she is prepared to admit to her audience, falls in the latter one. | ||
{{Sa}} | {{Sa}} | ||
*[[Truth]] | *[[Truth]] | ||
*[[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] | *[[Rumsfeld’s taxonomy]] | ||
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{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||