Farrukh Dhondy | Why we need to ‘tolerate’ all those who have contrary views
Published : Dec 12, 2020, 8:38 am IST
Updated : Dec 12, 2020, 8:38 am IST
If language is the avatar of thought, then ideas, propositions and proofs are the recipes in the avatar’s cookbook
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That burns the buds of spring?
In which viruses survive?
It’s good to be alive!”
From
Great Expectorations by Bachchoo
Philosophy quibbles over words? If language is the avatar of thought, then ideas, propositions and proofs are the recipes in the avatar’s cookbook. No, not cardamom pods, but cinnamon sticks? Not “ambiguity” but “ambivalence”. “Generalisation” is the foundation of science, “generality” the enemy of it. And thus, we philosophers (