On 10/16/05, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lots of people write essays that are mere trivial expositions of minor > problems. Why should we think that Gallie is any different? He may be > an authority figure for you, Ian, but I prefer the old anarchist > slogan "question authority."
-------------------------- Where did I write that I considered Gallie an authority figure? Quit the sunday evening hair-splitting already. > Of course. But when someone uses a word representing a complex > concept, it's always best to try to explain what he or she means by > it. If you want have a reasonable discussion, this is better than > leaving it deliberately vague or saying "it's contestable/ed so > anything goes" or whatever the implication is supposed to be of the > ho-hum fact that concepts are subjective. If the definition is still > too vague, then people can ask for clarifications. -------------------- Setting a new record for inferential leaps of interpretation way beyond what I wrote once again.......... > > Definitions aren't about Truth as much as about _communication_. --------------- Yawn. I'm done and have a diaper to change.................. Ian
