pragmatist comments on Be careful with thought experiments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pragmatist 18 May 2012 11:00:33PM *  1 point [-]

What mileage do you think Putnam is getting here from creating this confusion? Do you think the point he's trying to make hinges on the incoherence of the world he's constructed?