(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: Well, that's fine, Tex, except that your definition falls apart just as easily,
How does it fall apart?
(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: and it still doesn't excuse the misleading way you used it,
How is it misleading?
(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: nor that you were attempting to settle a philosophical question by appeal to usage, which is a thinly disguised appeal to popularity, which is a fallacy.
The definition of the world "morality" is not a philosophical question, it is a linguistic one. And use of language is one of the exceptions where appeal to popularity is not a fallacy.
(June 13, 2012 at 9:45 am)apophenia Wrote: Now if you want to have an in-depth discussion about the Munchhausen Trilemma, well, I say, "Bring it."
I'd never heard if the term before, but a cursory reading leads me to state that I'm one of those who commonly accepts the "axiomatic" horn.