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“What is truth was an inquiry many ages since; and it being that which all mankind either do, or pretend to search after, it cannot but be worth our while carefully to examine wherein it consists, and so acquaint ourselves with the nature of it, as to observe how the mind distinguishes it from falsehood.”1
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Weingartner, P. (2000). Is it appropriate to ask “What is truth?”. In: Basic Questions on Truth. Episteme, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4034-8_1
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