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George IV

British king used as an example in a logical puzzle.

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First appearance: xii truth and falsehood

George IV shows up with force in On Intuitive Knowledge. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Used as an example of fallacious memory: he came to believe he was at the Battle of Waterloo through repeated assertion, not genuine memory.
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