It is a precise definition in the sense that if I see red, then I see red. You cannot come and tell me: "Well... maybe it wasn't red, maybe it was yellow.". No! It was red! And if you then say: "Oh, but also the robot sees red, because...", then you enter a realm of fantasy that has nothing to do whatsoever with rational thinking. We are not interested in fantasies, i.e. "operational definitions". We are interested in truth. And be saying the robot sees red, you are not doing anything in helping to understand truth, you are just playing word-games.
On Thursday, 18 April 2019 20:44:04 UTC+3, Brent wrote: > > I see you are of the scholastic school of philosophers (I thought they > were all dead) who suppose that they can make things true by giving them > "precise definitions" in words. You should study some science and learn > the importance of operational definitions in connecting words to facts. > > Brent > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
