(September 18, 2016 at 11:33 am)AFTT47 Wrote:(September 18, 2016 at 2:25 am)Nymphadora Wrote: I'm just completely lost on this. Using the apple analogy, why can't people just say, an apple is an apple. Nothing more, nothing less. Why complicate that?
Because this is the philosophy section - not the off-topic section. Philosophy is all about complicating things.
I agree with Benny. This is a perfectly legitimate line of inquiry here.
I didn't say it wasn't a legitimate question. I'm just trying to understand. That's all.
So maybe those of you who are so much smarter than us dumbfolk, could dumb it down and explain it so we can understand and perhaps participate.
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