Expecting the unexpected

@article{Margalit1983ExpectingTU,
  title={Expecting the unexpected},
  author={Avishai Margalit and Maya Bar-Hillel},
  journal={Philosophia},
  year={1983},
  volume={13},
  pages={263-288}
}
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