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On married bachelors

The stock example of a semantic tautology is that all bachelors are unmarried. It is supposed to be immediately obvious and necessarily true. It seems to me, however, that it is neither immediately obvious nor necessary.

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Author P.D. MagnusPosted on August 22, 2016September 9, 2016Categories philosophyTags tautologies, teaching2 Comments on On married bachelors

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