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In everyday life, in science and in philosophy, we often express judgments of relevance: fact a is relevant to fact b,theory c is relevant to action d,statement e is irrelevant to belief f, etc. And we often have a great measure of confidence in such judgments, since we are ready to base important decisions upon them (e.g., in the courtroom, when an objection concerning the irrelevance of a question is either sustained or rejected by the judge) and, when necessary, we are willing to engage in serious disputes about the truth of such judgments (e.g., a doctoral committee discussing about the relevance of the second chapter of a dissertation).
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Dascal, M. (1979). Conversational Relevance. In: Margalit, A. (eds) Meaning and Use. Synthese Language Library, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4104-4_13
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