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myself taking issue mostly with Beth's adjectives describing conversation--"genuine,"
"natural," "authentic," i.e., and describing the essay as "monologic." It's because, I think, expressivism has had such a hard time with these assumptions. I love expressivism, but I have to admit a lot of convincing evidence exists to debunk those
particular words as the result of a "terministic screen." I guess I look for more definition of conversation and acknowledgement; that though conversation may feel more "authentic," it's hard to prove one mode of discourse is any more authentic and natural than
any other, when it is seen in context.
Anyway, here's an example of how Beth uses the words -
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