Colin wrote:
>>I would say that
>>the only kind of truth probably not subject to much agonizing about is whether
>>or not one's cat sleeps for 14 hours.
> Really, and why is this claim not subject to too much agonising? 'm's
> position seems to me to similar to Descartes, or Hume.
I doubt it is. My claim that such truths are not subject to much
agonizing was intended as an incantation that would cause all discussions
of such truths to magically disappear; they make my eyes glaze over.
But then, I don't have a cat.
-m
>>I would say that
>>the only kind of truth probably not subject to much agonizing about is whether
>>or not one's cat sleeps for 14 hours.
> Really, and why is this claim not subject to too much agonising? 'm's
> position seems to me to similar to Descartes, or Hume.
I doubt it is. My claim that such truths are not subject to much
agonizing was intended as an incantation that would cause all discussions
of such truths to magically disappear; they make my eyes glaze over.
But then, I don't have a cat.
-m