The Metaphysics of a Naturalist 
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being, we do not expect to understand what we must nevertheless 
postulate. If this view is open to the taunt that we take out 
no more than we put in and so are no better than prestidigitators, 
our reply is ready. If other people take out of their logic more 
than they put in, the^^ lay themselves open to the charge of dis- 
honesty. The taking out of more than is put in is called in 
logic ^Tallacy.^^ 
