To give an example, in 1969, having moved to a new location, my brother, sister and I would walk past a dark, creepy, eerie house, not unlike the house on the opening credits of Scooby doo, etched on the pane of glass above the door were the words "Bonkers House". Because of this, we naturally assumed that the occupants inside all had to be "Bonkers" and so associated this word with mad, delusional and creepy characters.
So, this validates one way, of the definition or meaning of how, when and why the word Bonkers came to mean madness. If this is true, then there will be no validatable earlier reference to this specific meaning for that word. If, however, somebody else can prove or show that Bonkers was used in the meaning of madness, or delusional behaviour earlier than 1969 then, that has to be the new true meaning or epistemology for that meaning of the word Bonkers. Do we all understand how it works now??? -------------------------------------------------- From: "einseele" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 2:10 PM To: "Epistemology" <[email protected]> Subject: [epistemology 10607] Re: Is there a moderator for this group? > > And who is going to tell us what is or is not epistemology, and how > incomprehensible that something is > Would that person be you. I'm curious about "rid ourselves of..." > > Well, you never know (to never know is well within epistemology, I > think) > > > > On 7 jun, 18:13, michalchik <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was wondering if this group would function better if we rid >> ourselves of some of the stuff that is clearly not epistemology or >> that is totally incomprehensible to any but the author. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
