Posted by GTJDorris at 64-243-10-5.biltmorecomm.com on March 23, 2004 at 23:56:09:
In Reply to: Semantics posted by Runshouse21 on March 23, 2004 at 22:22:53:
You say "semantics" as if the explanation no longer counted. Semantics is what gives a word meaning and we use semantics to make things understandable and concrete to one another. So in this case (and all others actually) semantics are the entire issue: we have a word "alive" but now we need to define it. Sorry, but I hear people say "now we're just getting into semantics...." all the time as if that meant something. Of course we're in semantics, that's the whole crux!! Just one of my buttons, I don't know either.