On 15 August 2014 09:29, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > So you are sniping away at step 0 in the context of discussing step 8. > > "Sniping" is pejorative. Is there some rule I can't question step 0? > Unlike JKC I'm generally willing to take something I doubt as a > hypothetical to see where it leads. But that doesn't mean I can never go > back. > > I think the point is that if you're discussing your objections to step 8, then you shouldn't throw in something that questions step 0, because if you're discussing step 8, it's generally assumed that you're provisionally accepting steps 0-7, *for the purposes of the present discussion. (*After all, Bruno has gone to great lengths to present his argument in this way, with each step assuming the correctness of the previous ones.)
This doesn't mean you can never go back to questioning step 0, of course, but you should make it clear that's what you're doing, and perhaps start a new thread. Otherwise it's just confusing for everyone else. -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
