Emile comments on Folk grammar and morality - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Emile 17 December 2010 09:20PM

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Comment author: Emile 17 December 2010 10:50:00PM 1 point [-]

Native speakers can't be 'proven wrong' in their use of the language

Right, but they can be proven wrong in the explanations they give about their use of language (except for rare pathological sentences, speakers of the same language agree which sentences "feel wrong"). Disproving an explanation about one's morality is much harder.

(I don't know if I'm disagreeing with you here)