Finally, I have written a longer epilogue in which I mainly respond to my critics. In it I also briefly describe the setting out of which the book arose and what I was after in writing it. No settings are alike, and even when our convictions remain the same, they get “improvised” differently in different settings: one or the other of their aspects is highlighted and developed, others are backgrounded, still others left unsaid.4 In a way, each of those readers who are persuaded by my argument will
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