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and How to Do Things with Fictions. He is currently writing a second book on
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theoretical matters; they are particularly interested in decision theory,
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philosophy articles, Ray has published two poetry collections and been nominated
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at Stanford University and director of Stanford's interdisciplinary program in
Symbolic Systems. His work lies at the intersection of the philosophy of
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> say something.” ― Plato



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