Timeline for What is the exact meaning of this wordplay with three "sûr(s)"?
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| Apr 12, 2017 at 13:00 | history | edited | Stéphane Gimenez |
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| Apr 9, 2017 at 20:03 | vote | accept | Con-gras-tue-les-chiens | ||
| Apr 6, 2017 at 4:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFrench/status/849842419164221440 | ||
| Apr 5, 2017 at 15:14 | comment | added | Luke Sawczak♦ | Word for word: "We cannot be absolutely certain that it was X who killed Y, but we can be sufficiently sure of it for it to be a sure thing." I won't submit a new answer just now, because I think that the two below taken together synthesize the epistemological irony (which is independent of any particular language): Namely, that we say "I'm sure it's the case" and mean that we have a reasonable basis for believing it, or that it's a safe bet, not that we are literally certain nor that it is a literally certain thing. So the question is... how sure is sure enough if you're not certain? :) | |
| Apr 5, 2017 at 13:51 | answer | added | G.Clavier | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 5, 2017 at 13:30 | answer | added | Brac | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 5, 2017 at 11:17 | history | asked | Con-gras-tue-les-chiens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |