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odonnellryan
1524 days ago
"I am black?"
1 comments
ByteJockey
1522 days ago
Fair, those are the same words, but it's not the same meaning. The "I" in this term refers to two different people depending on who says it.
Are they really the same statement if they have two different meanings?
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_clhx
1521 days ago
That's kind of the point, no? Context matters - and part of who is saying it is context.
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ByteJockey
1520 days ago
Yes, but it's also very much not the kind of statement PG is talking about. It's not generally something someone would be concerned about the truth value of.
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Are they really the same statement if they have two different meanings?