(October 6, 2018 at 9:44 am)robvalue Wrote:(October 6, 2018 at 9:37 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: How do you determine what a person means on other questions not having to do with God?
For example, if someone asks you, "Do you own a chair?" then how do you determine what they mean by a chair?
Do you ever discuss politics, philosophy, anything where words are not clearly defined?
From my experience, everyone I have ever met means the same thing by "chair". The same goes for many other concepts. There are some words, however, that people vastly disagree about, and it’s those that I require clarification on. The irony is that even after years and years pursuing this question, that 4 part dissection is the best I can do. Most theists don’t even try to define it, in my experience, expecting me to debate myself I suppose!
You didn't answer the question. I asked you how you go about determining what they mean. And no, not everybody means the same thing by chair if there even is a good definition of it, which there really isn't. What does the Platonic form of a chair look like? Does it have three legs or four? Or does it have any legs at all?