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From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: Sorities, Properties and The Extensional Stance
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In article <851044139snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Behaviour  is fragmentary. Sometimes this becomes quite  apparent 
>to  us,  and  we learn from it. Most find it  too  much  to  cope 
>with  and  try  to explain it away in the  interests  of  a  more 
>favourable self-image.

The difference between "explain" and "explain away" is a nefarious one.
-- 
<J Q B>

