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This would make it impossible to share definitions (even when we both think all the same things are bread).
by dpierce9 4y ago
This would make it impossible to share definitions (even when we both think all the same things are bread).
- whatshisface 4y agoIt is impossible to share definitions of natural-language words, at least pending advanced brain scanning technology. That's a limitation of physical reality, not a philosophical flaw.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoAre you implying that definitions aren't real because they're not physical objects?
- whatshisface 4y agoI'm implying that natural-language definitions are physical objects, in your brain, made up of brain stuff, and that you can't write them down in ways that are much briefer than a full description of their physical manifestation, although you can roughly approximate them in something like a dictionary.
- dpierce9 4y agoThen why bother writing these sentences? I have no idea what you mean by them.