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Philosophical

Preface Paradox

Authors believe their book contains errors, yet believe each claim

Overview

The paradox of rationally believing a set of claims while believing the set contains errors.

An author believes each claim in their book is true, yet also reasonably believes the book contains some errors (as all large works do). How can they rationally believe both 'each claim is true' and 'some claim is false'?

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