“Unfortunately, the exposition in the document is incomplete; we’ve been adding so many consequences to CT it’s hard to keep the documents current. The sections on evidence are also somewhat dated; since this version was written, we’ve amassed significantly more evidence in favor of CT. These things said, what we have here explains the core theory thoroughly and accurately and also explains how to create a comprehensive CT chart.”
“(1) This outline was prepared hastily—at the editor’s insistence—from a taped manuscript of a lecture. Since I was not even given the opportunity to revise the first draft before publication, I cannot be held responsible for any lacunae in the (published version of the) argument, or for any fallacious or garbled inferences resulting from faulty preparation of the typescript. Also, the argument now seems to me to have problems which I did not know when I wrote it, but which I can’t discuss here, and which are completely unrelated to any criticisms that have appeared in the literature (or that I have seen in manuscript); all such criticisms misconstrue my argument. It will be noted that the present version of the argument seems to presuppose the (intuitionistically unacceptable) law of double negation. But the argument can easily be reformulated in a way that avoids employing such an inference rule. I hope to expand on these matters further in a separate monograph. ”
Nope, it’s near the beginning of Naming and Necessity. I got the copy-paste from the internet, but first came accross it while writing an essay on definite descriptions.
I’ve got a copy right here and (1) I can’t find that footnote, or anything close enough that it might be a benignly garbled copy, in it (either in the main text or in footnotes) but (2) there’s plenty very near the start that’s like it in tone and that the footnote might well be a parody of. For instance, here’s some material from near the start of the preface, some phrases of which you will recognize:
[...] as far as revision is concerned, there is something to be said for preserving a work in its original form, warts and all. I have thus followed a very conservative policy of correction for the present printing. [...] A good indication of my conservative policy is in footnote 56. In that footnote the letter-nomenclature for the various objects involved, inexplicably garbled in the original printing, has been corrected; but I make no mention of the fact that the argument of the footnote now seems to me to have problems which I did not know when I wrote it and which at least require further discussion.
To which he adds a footnote:
Although I have not had time for careful study of Nathan Salmon’s criticism [...] of this footnote, it seems likely that his criticism of the argument, though related to mine, is not the same and reconstructs it in a way that does not correspond to my exact intent and makes the argument unnecessarily weak. [...]
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Reminds me of a footnote in Kripke,
“(1) This outline was prepared hastily—at the editor’s insistence—from a taped manuscript of a lecture. Since I was not even given the opportunity to revise the first draft before publication, I cannot be held responsible for any lacunae in the (published version of the) argument, or for any fallacious or garbled inferences resulting from faulty preparation of the typescript. Also, the argument now seems to me to have problems which I did not know when I wrote it, but which I can’t discuss here, and which are completely unrelated to any criticisms that have appeared in the literature (or that I have seen in manuscript); all such criticisms misconstrue my argument. It will be noted that the present version of the argument seems to presuppose the (intuitionistically unacceptable) law of double negation. But the argument can easily be reformulated in a way that avoids employing such an inference rule. I hope to expand on these matters further in a separate monograph. ”
Unfortunately, the Kripke footnote appears to be a joke only.
Nope, it’s near the beginning of Naming and Necessity. I got the copy-paste from the internet, but first came accross it while writing an essay on definite descriptions.
There are a couple of similar-sounding footnotes in the preface and the first chapter, but I’m unable to find this particular one.
Ahhh, I may have mis-remembered. I’m away from the faculty library at the moment so can’t easily check.
I’ve got a copy right here and (1) I can’t find that footnote, or anything close enough that it might be a benignly garbled copy, in it (either in the main text or in footnotes) but (2) there’s plenty very near the start that’s like it in tone and that the footnote might well be a parody of. For instance, here’s some material from near the start of the preface, some phrases of which you will recognize:
To which he adds a footnote: