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Article #14413Re: True Philosophers and Thought
From: herbzet
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:23
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:23
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PD wrote: > On Apr 24, 6:35 pm, foolsrushin <dolomi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 25 Apr, 00:22, Lester Zick <dontbot...@nowhere.net> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:12:22 -0700 (PDT), PD > > > <TheDraperFam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Obviously you've already taken a vow of consummate ignorance. Anyone > > > >> can say anything publicly without making it true. > > > >That's certainly correct. However, the point of using words in the > > > >first place is not to establish the truth of the purported meaning of > > > >those words, but to communicate. > > > To communicate what? Science prefers truth. > > > ~v~~ > > > > Contractual obligations, poems, plays, inductive infallibility? Can > > the latter be communicated unambigously? Wittgenstein retreated to > > language games, and rightly, Russell thought them silly. > > Lester has certainly proferred himself toward the perception that he > doesn't really care one way or the other. His wee game is to cycle > through a two line script: > 1 Prove what you say. > 2. Nope, you haven't proven it. [Go back to 1] Nailed it. When asked to prove what _he_ says, his response is also simple: 1. Obfuscate. 2. Go to 1. Glad I've kill-filed him. -- hz
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