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Thus in earlier writings, I operated simply with the distinction between what merely appears (or, alternatively, is said) to be the case and what really is the case. Correspondingly, I distinguished between "(reflective) understanding" and "(fully) reflective understanding," as well as between "rationalization," as the process of giving reasons for positions already taken, and "critical reflection," as the process of determining in a reasoned way whether positions already taken are, in fact, worth taking.

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