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Skepdick
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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Janoah wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:45 pm there are "privileged", scientific definitions.
No, there aren't.

Why is 625–740 nanometres "red"?
Why isn't 525-640 nanometers "red" ?
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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Skepdick wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:45 pm

All three sentences (below) are definitions for the term "red".

This color is "red".
This color is "red."
A dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres is "red".

Which definition is "more consistent"; or "truer"?
Can we have a clue, please?
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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Harbal wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Skepdick wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 2:45 pm

All three sentences (below) are definitions for the term "red".

This color is "red".
This color is "red."
A dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres is "red".

Which definition is "more consistent"; or "truer"?
Can we have a clue, please?
The clue was in "There are no privileged descriptions/definitions".
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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Skepdick wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 4:00 pm
Janoah wrote: Tue Feb 14, 2023 3:45 pm there are "privileged", scientific definitions.
No, there aren't.
for grannies sitting on a bench, scientific definitions are not privileged.
Sorry, here grandmother's tales are not interesting to me.
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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Janoah wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:20 pm for grannies sitting on a bench, scientific definitions are not privileged.
Sorry, here grandmother's tales are not interesting to me.
And your tales are not interesting to grandmothers; or most people.

What's your point?
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Re: The truth of the worldview

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It's quite simple actually: There's an adjective/adverb that goes with every verb. My English bad; my Latin worse; don't even talk about my Greek.
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