“The yellow dragon with red balls, which speaks japanese”. It is a very clear concept — logically, there is no contradiction. But this is contradictory, not with logic (not with itself), but with reality. — Rafaella Leon
it is how to think about reality, not about thinking about anything. — Rafaella Leon
Without this constant exercise of going back from thoughts to reality, we may become fundamentalists, no longer making sure that the sentences in which we say believe correspond to something in reality — Rafaella Leon
Then the words are used as personal emblems, as if the subject stuck some badges on the body. — Rafaella Leon
“The yellow dragon with red balls, which speaks japanese”. It is a very clear concept — logically, there is no contradiction. But this is contradictory, not with logic (not with itself), but with reality. — Rafaella Leon
The problem is the articulation between these two things: it is how to think about reality, not about thinking about anything. — Rafaella Leon
Logic is the world of possibilities, not realityThe relationship that exists between the world of logic and the world of experience is one of the most important themes in philosophy, because the philosophical ability (the philosophical technique) consists precisely in know how to mediate: know which categories, what are the appropriate terms, what are appropriate questions and non-appropriate questions. — Rafaella Leon
“The yellow dragon with red balls, which speaks japanese”. It is a very clear concept — Rafaella Leon
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