Part of my aim is to exhibit some general and structural features of the conceptual scheme in terms of which we think about particular things. (P. F. Strawson)

Part of my aim is to exhibit some general and structural features of the conceptual scheme in terms of which we think about particular things.

P. F. Strawson

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