@nyansandwich Let me dodge by rephrasing to "Sometimes useful. False." False = does not cleave to what is. Don't ask me to define 'is'.
@KarmaKaiser @St_Rev @nyansandwich On that basis you'd reject all language coined before the latest refinements of natural science.
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@KarmaKaiser@St_Rev @nyansandwich Maybe we should reject the word 'history' because Herodotus had no understanding of industrialization? -
@Outsideness@St_Rev @nyansandwich What?
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@Outsideness@St_Rev @nyansandwich I believe that teleology implies a robust ethical claim, therefore scientism. -
@KarmaKaiser@St_Rev @nyansandwich What ethical claim is Aristotle making when he ascribes teleology to morphogenesis in animals? - 1 more reply
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@Outsideness@St_Rev @nyansandwich Your accusations make no sense. -
@KarmaKaiser@St_Rev @nyansandwich You're rejecting a perfectly adequate vocabulary for final causation for ultimately trivial reasons. - 1 more reply
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