Although most geniuses are shit at teaching. — Noah Te Stroete
If you stopped at the stop sign, the rigidity of the designator is validated. If you didn’t, the designator is no less rigid, but you disregarded it for whatever reason. All the designator needs, is for what it represents to be understood, not necessarily agreed with. — Mww
There's zero rigidity to "what it represents" though. — Terrapin Station
There's zero rigidity to "what it represents" though. — Terrapin Station
Because the designator is not universal and necessary with respect to its representation, it isn’t rigid? — Mww
The world ends if you don’t stop at the stop sign? We both know that’s not true, so those can’t be the criteria for rigid. — Mww
What do you think makes distinguishing necessary from contingent truths important? Like....why are there two of them anyway? — Mww
I don’t know how creativesoul was using it. — Noah Te Stroete
In this particular case, no other sign, of this given color, shape and location, ever has any other purpose than to signal an action with respect to what the sign represents. Therefore, necessity is satisfied, and the designation is rigid. Sorta like....if this is all it can be, it must be necessary for it to be that. If sufficient compliance is attained, universality is possible. — Mww
So “morality” must always refer to acceptable/unacceptable behavior is a necessary truth. — Noah Te Stroete
Yes, without a doubt. There is no source other than ourselves for anything whatsoever. That we’re conscious of, anyway. — Mww
Yes, without a doubt. There is no source other than ourselves for anything whatsoever. That we’re conscious of, anyway. — Mww
That's like saying "There's no source for anything whatsoever other than suspended pigments applied to canvases. That we can paint, anyway." — Terrapin Station
You spoke of sources relevant to human thinking — Mww
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