On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote:
> > The meaning of words in the natural language is defined by usage, Yes. > > > not in science, Not so. Scientific language like any language changes over time. Today the meaning of the word "vacuum" isn't the same as it was a century ago and the same is true of "nothing". Even the word "scientist" was only invented in 1835, before that they were called "Natural Philosophers" which I think was rather charming. > > > I have made clear at the start that I use "theology" in a large sense Too large, much too large! You use it in such a large sense that the word becomes utterly useless. You've in effect exchanged the word "God" for "stuff" because you know nobody can say "I don't believe in stuff". John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
