Re: Metaphor [POSSIBLE DISTRACTON FROM]: privacy games

Posted by gepr on May 28, 2020; 4:28pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Metaphor-POSSIBLE-DISTRACTON-FROM-privacy-games-tp7596439p7596521.html

No. Steve was exactly right in *asking* what I meant by the string "strawman". Any behaviorist would care more about Steve's actions than his thoughts, right?

On 5/28/20 9:26 AM, [hidden email] wrote:
> Aren’t we arguing about whether “Steve Was Wrong” when he understood “strawman” to refer to a “stick figure” or other constructive schema, rather than a guilefully conceived version of an argument designed to show its weaknesses.   Is there any way to show a metaphor is “wrong” other than the exercise of power? 
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> OK, friammers.  All those who think Steve Was Wrong raise your hands.

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