Saturday, February 16, 2013

From the pragmatic perspective . . .


From the pragmatic perspective, there are no facts, only (more or less) useful expressions. 'Snow is white' is more useful than 'Snow is blue'. So as there are no (Platonistic) facts, there are likewise no counterfactuals. Languages are for coping with the world, not for copying the world.


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