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Re:You aren't getting any better by sp332 on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @11:20AM (#5325337)
How does calling it a name oppose its reality? It still has a reality even if you concurrently give it a name.
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Re:You aren't getting any better by define_eprime on Tuesday March 05, 2013 @12:32PM (#5325900)
Hofstadter's "Gödel, Escher, Bach" explains this well in chapter 9 (Mumon and Gödel). I believe the argument goes that by calling it a specific thing you "oppose the reality" of all the other things it also is - no single name will ever suffice. Closed world assumption and all that.
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