The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #158223   Message #3744767
Posted By: DMcG
17-Oct-15 - 04:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Pope in America
Subject: RE: BS: The Pope in America
I don't think it is about linguistics. It is whether there is only one valid way of looking at the world, or whether we can legitimately have several and draw on whichever is most appropriate for whatever we are considering. Hence my example of whether the sun goes round the earth or vice versa. They are absolutely contradictory but we choose which is appropriate to the context. While these are both from science it doesn't seem self-evident they would have to be.