TheAncientGeek comments on Hedonium's semantic problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 18 April 2015 08:16:35PM * 0 points [-]

The Sense/Reference distinction handles this all out of the box, without the assumption that only certain words have double meanings.

Eg the, the correct sense of Superman is being from Krypton. But Superman has no referent...is fictional , does not exist.

Comment author: dxu 19 April 2015 01:21:09AM 1 point [-]

The Sense/Reference distinction handles this all out of the box, without the assumption that only certain words have double meanings.

It also forces you to reject objects in virtual reality as "real".

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 19 April 2015 08:52:02AM 0 points [-]

News to me. How?