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> When Plato says "let us all agree there exists a perfect blue independent of any real world blue", I want to argue that no, "blue" is a human construct and de
by bawolff 3y ago
> When Plato says "let us all agree there exists a perfect blue independent of any real world blue", I want to argue that no, "blue" is a human construct and dependent on accidental biology.
Assuming some premise for the sake of an argument is not just a plato thing, and its not particularly relavent if the specific premise is true.
- NikolaNovak 3y agoOh for sure but I think it's a spectrum. I find it most productive when the assumption is asked and granted for something uncertain, interpretable, subjective, etc. Or when we are just having fun :-) If a) you are building a serious proposedmodel of reality and b) start with something demonstrably false, I'd have to be in a pretty specific mood to go with it :-D