Boris writes: > And I think we should not avoid any words in a > serious discussion. > Including 'art', 'aesthetic', 'Beauty' etc. > But Boris, I haven't advocated avoiding THOSE words. I said I suspect disputants will never agree on the notions to be entertained with the words 'real' and 'reality'. I offer the following evidence: Immediately after I posted my argument that those two words are prompted by -- and will stir -- too many different and incompatible notions, Williams writes this line:
" I think a plan is a make believe script. It is not real until it's acted." Notice: Someone could respond that a plan is a notion. Notions exist. They are already "real". So a plan is "real". William will respond that he doesn't mean "real" in that sense, and he will maintain his sense of "real" is the better one --- I say just avoid the word. Whatever one wants to "say" about plans can be conveyed using other less ambiguous and fruitlessly disputable words. ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)
