You know, I figure that whenever you're having an argument with someone, you might as well give up when you break out the dictionary. Either your opponent perceives it as you thinking they're too stupid to know what a word means or your opponent really is too stupid to know what a word means. Either way, it never ends well.
It's our perceptions of that act that have changed- not the act or the emotions involved! Why is this so goddamned hard to understand?
It's not hard to understand. I'm not sure why they don't. Perhaps because otherwise they wouldn't have enough class material to teach? ;P
That was part of the assignment though (breaking out the dictionary, I mean). This week's lecture is about how the meaning of words can be relative, and clarifying what you mean can avoid confusion. We were supposed to define these words and use those definitions to state our position.
Most everyone else (including the Professor, ha ha) is not using the stated definition, but what they think it means.
Perhaps because otherwise they wouldn't have enough class material to teach?
That'd be sad since this is basically a philosophy course. :(
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It's our perceptions of that act that have changed- not the act or the emotions involved! Why is this so goddamned hard to understand?
It's not hard to understand. I'm not sure why they don't. Perhaps because otherwise they wouldn't have enough class material to teach? ;P
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Most everyone else (including the Professor, ha ha) is not using the stated definition, but what they think it means.
Perhaps because otherwise they wouldn't have enough class material to teach?
That'd be sad since this is basically a philosophy course. :(
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