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The Exemplification of Rules: An Appraisal of Pettit’s Approach to the Problem of Rule-following.

This paper offers an appraisal of Phillip Pettit’s approach to the problem how a merely finite set of examples can serve to represent a determinate rule, given that indefinitely many rules can be extrapolated from any such set. I argue that Pettit’s so-called ethocentric theory of rule-following fai...

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Published in:International Journal of Philosophical Studies Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 69 - 91
Main Author: Watts, Daniel
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2012
Subjects:
Rules (Philosophy)
Example
Ethnocentrism
Culture
Extrapolation
Civilization
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