On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Lanny Quarles wrote:
Check out Saul Kripke; I tend to think of these sorts of questions as red
herrings.
Horseshit!
you don't think people change history? Okay, then Hitler, the holocaust
it doesnt matter either, right? not to be callous, but people certainly
alter the fate of this planet, otherwise why are you trying to save tthe
rainforest? this is patently wrong.
I still disagree, we quarrel a lot amongst ourselves also, but just want
to point out you're missing the point above; Kripke etc. are on about the
phenomenology of possible worlds and natural kinds etc. etc. -
- Alan
