@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Unger,Peter K.}, subject = {Absoluteness}, note = {Stroud I 75 Absolute Terms/Skepticism/Peter Unger/Stroud: Def absolute terms/Unger: Example "flat", "empty": these are used legitimately (assertibility) in many situations even if they are not literally true. >Literal truth. This shows that there is no obstacle for our use and understanding of these terms. - Also "safe", for example. StroudVsUnger: pro: this relation between meaning and use can defend skepticism, but weaker than Descartes' dream argument. >Descartes, >Skepticism, >Meaning, >Use. StroudVsUnger: the assumption of absolute expressions is superfluous.}, note = { Unger I P. Unger Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy Stroud I B. Stroud The Significance of philosophical scepticism Oxford 1984 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=532591} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=532591} }