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Because truths of different kinds exhibit the characteristics of incommensurability (their difference is such that they cannot be measured by a singl… - David L. Norton
" "Because truths of different kinds exhibit the characteristics of incommensurability (their difference is such that they cannot be measured by a single standard or reduced to members of one series) and incompossibility (their difference is such that they cannot co-exist within the same system), such openness introduces both multiplicity and contradiction, and the creature in question stands “divided against himself.”
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About David L. Norton
David Lloyd Norton (March 27, 1930 – July 24, 1995) was an American philosopher, who taught at the University of Delaware for 29 years. In 1976 Princeton University Press published his book Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism, which received wide notice.
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