@PhilosophyExp Stop with the nuance and start calling Dawkins a bigot! ;)
The relation between language & reality is complex, but it seems highly unlikely this is a *purely* semantic issue.https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/658622852405534721 …
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@PhilosophyExp It's more got to do with brain function and structure. You do perceive through your brain after all, not your genitalia -
@Humanisticus@PhilosophyExp@RichardDawkins What is really in error is how people constantly misuse the word 'semantic'.
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@Humanisticus (2) That's not all that correct. You do perceive a bit thru your genitalia owing to peripheral nervous system@PhilosophyExp -
@Humanisticus Since the brain modifies PNS and its input, 2-way process; by far not all perception is "in the brain".@PhilosophyExp
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@PhilosophyExp You can respond to any philosophical argument with " . . but that's just playing with words!"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp If I wear glasses for myopia do my eyes change? No. If I have therapy, meds, surgery, do my chromosomes change? No. It couldThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp be that my development changes in response to environs, but unlikely.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp If it is genetic for me need glasses, I need them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@PhilosophyExp I think Dawkins captured the physical & the semantic at once.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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