To make an initial clarification, what I have in mind is an image of a philosopher who first intends to create a theory and then proceeds to construct and strengthen his or her theory in a discursive and elaborative manner in which language inevitably plays an indispensable role. ... Thus when discourse through language is employed in the construction of a philosophical theory, the philosopher likewise inevitably carries out the construction of the theory in a linear fashion. ...

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