Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Turtles All the Way Down and Quine on Truth by Convention

 At the end of a public astronomy lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist replied "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young sir, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!" 




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