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Big Thinker Series: Daniel Dennett

Rousseau and liberation

Rousseau shows us that 

there is a way to break

the chains –from within

Through the concept of the 'general will', Rousseau
believed that the alienation of man could transform
 itself into freedom

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Undetached Rabbit Parts: Folk-psychological belief ascription and idiolectal translations

Folk-psychological belief ascription and idiolectal translations

For background on the issue, take a look at this useful overview of Quine on translation and indeterminacy

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