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Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try"

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Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try"
Edwardo Piet Away
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Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try"
January 14, 2011 at 9:03 am (This post was last modified: January 14, 2011 at 9:04 am by Edwardo Piet.)
Is "trying to try" possible? If not, and you can't "try to try" but you can only "try" then can you ultimately do anything freely?

If "trying to try" is possible and so so is "trying to try to try" and "trying to try to try to try" and so on, can you gain control of that infinite regress?
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Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try"

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Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by Edwardo Piet - January 14, 2011 at 9:03 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by Darwinian - January 14, 2011 at 9:07 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by Edwardo Piet - January 14, 2011 at 9:20 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by Darwinian - January 14, 2011 at 9:22 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by thesummerqueen - January 14, 2011 at 9:35 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by AtheistPhil - January 14, 2011 at 1:16 pm
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by padraic - January 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by thesummerqueen - January 14, 2011 at 7:50 pm
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by Welsh cake - January 15, 2011 at 7:38 am
RE: Metatrying - i.e. "Trying to try" - by padraic - January 15, 2011 at 7:02 pm

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