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In order to decide whether Pluto is a planet, one has to assume that there are, in fact, planets. This assumption is not social in nature, it's language describ
by jojobas 4y ago
In order to decide whether Pluto is a planet, one has to assume that there are, in fact, planets. This assumption is not social in nature, it's language describing natural, inarguable phenomena.
- eesmith 4y agoDoes "marriage" exist, as a "natural, inarguable phenomena" independent of its social construct? What about "US citizen"? I don't think so. Which means we can't say the existence of a word means its the result of a physical assumption. When you wrote "planets, stars", did you not assume those two are different? But originally, "planet" meant "wandering star" - a planet was assumed to be a type of star.