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So far as I can see, there is nothing I have to say that I still couldn't say -- clearly and coherently -- simply say—clearly and coherently—simply in terms of these fairly obvious distinctions. But, then, I do not have to talk in terms of "validity claims," "redeeming or validating" such claims, and so on. Or, at any rate, I do not need to talk in such terms in order to convey the main burden of what I have to say. And in some contexts, clearly, speaking in these other more technical terms is apt to do more harm than good.

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