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Article #14415Re: True Philosophers and Thought
From: foolsrushin
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:35
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:35
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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. -- 'foolsrushin.'
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