Very frustrating for philosophers playing cunning word games to realize that (a)

Very frustrating for philosophers playing cunning word games to realize that (a) almost all supposedly complex questions are merely errors in grammar, and (b) there is no closure available to the logics, (c) the logics are purely falsificationary – just like the sciences.


Source date (UTC): 2019-09-10 21:47:43 UTC

Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1171540783494656000

Reply addressees: @StefanMolyneux @THEWRENCHLEFT

Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1171540362231332864


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@StefanMolyneux @THEWRENCHLEFT Better, try “The liar’s paradox isn’t, it’s just a sophism of grammar using the copula in an incomplete sentence.” In fact, ask them to state any difficult philosophical question without using the verb to be, in a complete sentence, in operational language. Oops. Sophisms all.

Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/1171540362231332864


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@curtdoolittle

@StefanMolyneux @THEWRENCHLEFT Better, try “The liar’s paradox isn’t, it’s just a sophism of grammar using the copula in an incomplete sentence.” In fact, ask them to state any difficult philosophical question without using the verb to be, in a complete sentence, in operational language. Oops. Sophisms all.

Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/1171540362231332864

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